Uranium-233 purification and conversion to stabilized ceramic grade urania for LWBR fuel fabrication
Description:
High purity ceramic grade urania (/sup 233/UO/sub 2/) used in manufacturing the fuel for the Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) core was made from uranium-233 that was obtained by irradiating thoria under special conditions to result in not more than 10 ppM of uranium-232 in the recovered uranium-233 product. A developmental study established the operating parameters of the conversion process for transforming the uranium-233 into urania powder with the appropriate chemical and physical attribut…
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Date:
October 1, 1980
Creator:
Lloyd, R.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department