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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
W. J. Lackey, D. P. Stinton, J. D. Sease
Nuclear Technology | Volume 35 | Number 2 | September 1977 | Pages 227-237
Fabrication | Coated Particle Fuel / Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A31882
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A new and improved gas distributor was developed for use in coating fuel particles for the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor. The coating gas enters the coating furnace through multiple thin regions of a porous plate. This more uniformly disperses the gas and leads to improved coating properties. High-quality carbon and silicon carbide coatings were deposited with the new distributor in both 13- and 24-cm (130- and 240-mm)-diam coating furnaces.
