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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth W Lay, Schenectady, NY (US);
Herman S Rosenbaum, Fremont, CA (US);
John H Davies, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376421 ; 252636 ; 252638 ; 264-05 ; 423255 ; 423261 ;
Abstract
A particulate mixture of uranium dioxide and additive of magnesium aluminosilicate composition is formed into a compact and sintered to produce a nuclear fuel wherein the uranium dioxide grains have an average grain size of at least about 20 microns and wherein substantially all of the grains are each enveloped with glassy magnesium aluminosilicate phase.