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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth C Radford, Churchill, PA (US);
Don E Harrison, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264-05 ; 419 38 ; 419 42 ; 252643 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of making a pellet from a powder by placing the powder in a heat-shrinkable container, sealing the container and isostatically pressing the container at a temperature which causes it to shrink, followed by decomposition of the container and sintering of the powder. In preparing nuclear fuel pellets, a free-flowing fissile powder is mixed with a free-flowing fertile powder and the mixture is placed in the heat-shrinkable container. The container is sealed, heated and isostatically pressed, then decomposed and the powder is sintered.