TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent 238Pu Production Activities at Idaho National Laboratory
AU - Zillmer, Andrew
AU - Green, William
AU - Tyler, Craig
AU - Gross, Brian
AU - Rosvall, Erik
AU - Fradeneck, Austen
AU - Fishler, Joshua
AU - Reeder, David
AU - Marlow, Ryan
AU - Urban-Klaehn, Jagoda
AU - Reichenberger, Michael
AU - Hill, Mark
AU - Howard, Richard
AU - Gross, Brian
AU - Rosvall, Erik
AU - Fradeneck, Austen
AU - Fishler, Joshua
AU - Reeder, David
AU - Marlow, Ryan
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded through DOE and NASA interagency agreement number NNH19OB05A and DOE contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.
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PY - 2022/9/8
Y1 - 2022/9/8
N2 - The Plutonium-238 (238Pu) Production program at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is actively qualifying irradiation targets containing 237Np for the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) to produce 238Pu for future National Aeronautics and Space Administration missions. INL qualified and loaded seven targets in the ATR’s south flux trap for cycle 169A, which occurred in Spring 2021. The irradiation qualification program has expanded to additional ATR irradiation positions after two baseline production targets in three positions validated significant production of 238Pu. The validation model was followed by the PFS-1 experimental test in the ATR Critical Facility that verified 238Pu production cross sections. This paper outlines the progress and status of the 238Pu production program at INL. The qualification effort, safety analysis, hardware status, and future activities for qualification of an updated target design for use in the ATR are discussed.
AB - The Plutonium-238 (238Pu) Production program at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is actively qualifying irradiation targets containing 237Np for the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) to produce 238Pu for future National Aeronautics and Space Administration missions. INL qualified and loaded seven targets in the ATR’s south flux trap for cycle 169A, which occurred in Spring 2021. The irradiation qualification program has expanded to additional ATR irradiation positions after two baseline production targets in three positions validated significant production of 238Pu. The validation model was followed by the PFS-1 experimental test in the ATR Critical Facility that verified 238Pu production cross sections. This paper outlines the progress and status of the 238Pu production program at INL. The qualification effort, safety analysis, hardware status, and future activities for qualification of an updated target design for use in the ATR are discussed.
KW - 238Pu
KW - Advanced Test Reactor, ATR
KW - Space power
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UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2022.2105774
U2 - 10.1080/00295450.2022.2105774
DO - 10.1080/00295450.2022.2105774
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85138315904
SN - 0029-5450
VL - 208
SP - S1-S10
JO - Nuclear Technology
JF - Nuclear Technology
IS - sup1
ER -