Process for the sheathing of tubular nuclear fuel elements
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    Process for the sheathing of tubular nuclear fuel elements 失效
    管状核燃料元素的流动过程

    公开(公告)号:US3559274A

    公开(公告)日:1971-02-02

    申请号:US3559274D

    申请日:1966-08-03

    Applicant: SNAM PROGETTI

    Inventor: GRANATA SAVERIO

    CPC classification number: G21C21/02 G21C21/08 Y10T29/49865

    Abstract: A TUBULAR NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENT IS GIVEN AN INTERNAL SHEATING BY THRUSTING A PIPE, SHRUNK BY COOLING, INTO THE ELEMENT AND THEN RAISING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE PIPE TO ROOM TEMPERATURE SO THAT IT EXPANDS AND PASSES TIGHTLY AGAINST THE INNER WALL OF THE FUEL ELEMENT, AND THERE AFTER THE SHEATING IS HEATED INTERNALLY AND THE FUEL ELEMENT IS COOLED EXTERNALLY TO CAUSE INTER-DIFFUSION AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE SHEATHING MATERIAL AND THE FUEL ELEMENT WITHOUT ESTABLISHING PREFERENTIAL CRYSTALLINE ORIENTATIONS IN THE FUEL.

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