Patent ID: 6201846
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: G21C,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of jacketing a cylindrical body of uranium within an aluminum cylindrical jacket having a cup-shaped body having an open mouth at one end and a plug cap effecting closure at said end comprising the following steps: inserting the cup-shaped aluminum body into a tightly fitting cup-shaped steel sleeve coterminous therewith; flaring slightly the mouth of said cup-shaped body to seal the mouth of the body against the mouth of the sleeve by pressing a metal ball of larger diameter than said bodies into the concentric mouths and thereafter removing the ball; immersing said assembly in a molten bonding bath of aluminum silicon having a silicon content of 11.2 to 11.5 percent at 590-596.degree. C., allowing the aluminum body to fill with molten bonding material; dipping the uranium into the bonding bath; inserting the uranium into the open end of said assembly while under the surface of the bonding bath; inserting the plug cap in the open end of the assembly while under the surface of the bonding bath; removing the complete assembly from the bonding bath; quenching in cold water; and removing the sleeve.