CARBOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF MIXED NITRIDE URANIUM-PLUTONIUM FUEL WITH AMERICIUM AND NEPTUNIUM
Experimentally verified is the possibility of carbothermal synthesis of mixed nitride uranium-plutonium fuel: U and Pu no less than 93.6wt%, americium 0.3-0.4wt% and neptunium0.2wt% from a mixture of uranium and plutonium dioxideswhere americium accumulated as a result of plutonium decay. The mixture of uranium and plutonium dioxides was earlier produced by the method of bulk crystallization in molten salt of sodium and cesium chlorides.