Abstract: Two embodiments of a high uranium fuel plate are disclosed which contain a meat comprising structured uranium compound confined between a pair of diffusion bonded ductile metal cladding plates uniformly covering the meat, the meat having a uniform high fuel loading comprising a content of uranium compound greater than about 45 Vol. % at a porosity not greater than about 10 Vol. %. In a first embodiment, the meat is a plurality of parallel wires of uranium compound. In a second embodiment, the meat is a dispersion compact containing uranium compound. The fuel plates are fabricated by a hot isostatic pressing process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 13, 1989
Date of Patent:
October 16, 1990
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
Inventors:
Thomas C. Wiencek, Robert F. Domagala, Henry R. Thresh