【英国《国际核工程》1980年4月报道】英国核燃料有限公司在其核燃料中心的斯普林菲尔德工厂,自1948年以来一直在生产二氧化铀粉末中间产品,供制造镁诺克斯金属燃料元件及浓缩用UF_8之用。六十年代初,改进型气冷堆系统需要一种UO_2陶瓷体燃料,这是由改进重铀酸铵工艺而生产的。在六十年代末期,斯普林菲尔德研究了一种新的缩短了的干法流程,即所谓综合干 [United Kingdom “International Nuclear Project” reported in April 1980] British Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd. has been producing intermediate products of uranium dioxide powder for its production of magnesium Knox metal fuels at its nuclear fuel plant’s Springfield plant since 1948. Components and Concentration Use UF_8. In the early 1960s, an improved gas-cooled reactor system required a UO 2 ceramic body fuel, which was produced by an improved ammonium diuranate process. In the late 1960s, Springfield studied a new and shortened dry process, the so-called integrated process.