Progress on Pu-238 production at Idaho National Laboratory from February 2022 to July 2023
<ns7:p>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.</ns7:p>
Authors
- Mark A Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0362-122X)
- Justin D Lower
- Jill R Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6402-2338)
- Ryan L Marlow
- Austen David Fradeneck
- Erik S Rosvall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0639-9310)
- Joshua Fishler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-2373)
- Brittany Jean Grayson
Institutions
- Idaho National Laboratory (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nuclear Science and Technology Open Research
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/nuclscitechnolopenres.17503.1
- Primary Topic
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy