TY - GEN
T1 - Pu-238 Production Calculator and Estimation Tool in the Advanced Test Reactor
AU - Weaver, Demi
AU - Zillmer, Andrew
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded through DOE & NASA Interagency Agreement # NNH19O05AB and DOE contract DE-AC05 -0O0 R22725.
Funding Information:
This work was funded by NASA Interagency Agreement # NNH19OB05A and DOE contract DEAC05-00OR22725 and DE-AC07-05ID14517. This work also leveraged the High Performance Computing Center at Idaho National Laboratory, which is supported by the Office of Nuclear Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy and the Nuclear Science User Facilities under Contract No. DE-AC07-05ID14517.
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - A MS Excel tool was created to help track Pu-238 production, Np-237 feedstock use, estimate production scenarios, and coordinate planning for shipments at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Advanced Test Reactor (ATR). As-run estimates were used as a basis for beginning and end of life isotopic concentrations. Multiple target types were created to demonstrate a proof of concept while actual results were not yet available. The initial goals of this production tool were: • Track targets through the irradiation process at the ATR • Estimate production yields from irradiated targets in various positions for each cycle • Provide past, current, and future year quantities of Np-237 and Pu-238 at ATR, amounts shipped to ATR and amounts shipped from ATR • Estimate production from current and future target designs based on data from numerical modeling (values will be provided by INL) • After proof of principle, additional work is planned that will further enhance the tool with: o Incorporate the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for irradiation o Incorporate irradiations and target shipments from ORNL to INL and back to track Np-237 transfers across the Department of Energy (DOE) Complex.
AB - A MS Excel tool was created to help track Pu-238 production, Np-237 feedstock use, estimate production scenarios, and coordinate planning for shipments at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Advanced Test Reactor (ATR). As-run estimates were used as a basis for beginning and end of life isotopic concentrations. Multiple target types were created to demonstrate a proof of concept while actual results were not yet available. The initial goals of this production tool were: • Track targets through the irradiation process at the ATR • Estimate production yields from irradiated targets in various positions for each cycle • Provide past, current, and future year quantities of Np-237 and Pu-238 at ATR, amounts shipped to ATR and amounts shipped from ATR • Estimate production from current and future target designs based on data from numerical modeling (values will be provided by INL) • After proof of principle, additional work is planned that will further enhance the tool with: o Incorporate the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for irradiation o Incorporate irradiations and target shipments from ORNL to INL and back to track Np-237 transfers across the Department of Energy (DOE) Complex.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85183615337
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/d28f3c8b-7f7a-35b3-882d-547cfa2bcbe5/
UR - https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1871494
U2 - 10.13182/NETS22-38702
DO - 10.13182/NETS22-38702
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85183615337
SN - 9780894487828
T3 - Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2022
SP - 388
EP - 391
BT - Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2022
PB - American Nuclear Society
T2 - 2022 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2022
Y2 - 8 May 2022 through 12 May 2022
ER -