Progress on Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory from February 2022 to July 2023

Andrew John Zillmer; William Spencer Green; Justin D Lower; Jill R Mitchell; Brittany Jean Grayson; Erik S Rosvall; Austen David Fradeneck; Joshua Fishler; Ryan L Marlow; Mark A Hill

doi:10.12688/nuclscitechnolopenres.17503.1

Progress on Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory from February 2022 to July 2023

Andrew John Zillmer, William Spencer Green, Justin D Lower, Jill R Mitchell, Brittany Jean Grayson, Erik S Rosvall, Austen David Fradeneck, Joshua Fishler, Ryan L Marlow, Mark A Hill

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Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has continued to qualify irradiation positions in the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) for Pu 238 production to support NASA deep space missions. Over the past year, INL qualified Np-237 targets for ATR’s North East Flux Trap (NEFT), Inner-A and H positions. Work has begun to requalify the South Flux Trap (SFT) and to qualify the East Flux Trap (EFT) for the ATR GEN I target and is midway through the qualification process. This paper gives an overview of operational and technical activities from February 2022 to July 2023

Original language	English
Journal	Nuclear Science and Technology Open Research
Volume	2
Early online date	Sep 19 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12688/nuclscitechnolopenres.17503.1
State	Published - Sep 19 2024

Keywords

07 - ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES
99 - GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
Pu-238
Plutonium
Pu-238 production

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INL/JOU-23-75073
163515

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