Status of transuranium element production

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5233651

King, L J

The Transuranium Processing Plant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been the production, storage, and distribution center for the heavy-element research program of the US Department of Energy since 1966. During the past four years, annual production rates of transcurium elements have been relatively stable, averaging 34 mg of /sup 249/Bk, 369 mg of /sup 252/Cf, 1.4 mg of /sup 253/Es, and 0.7 pg of /sup 257/Fm. The extensive provisions for changing and modifying equipment have allowed continual updating of the plant to include new concepts in chemical processes and equipment design. 21 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5233651
• Report Number(s): CONF-850836-4; ON: DE85016302
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Institute of Chemical Engineers national meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, 25 Aug 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
BERKELIUM 249
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
CALIFORNIUM 252
EINSTEINIUM 253
FERMIUM 257
NEUTRON SOURCES
FABRICATION
TARGETS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HFIR REACTOR
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BERKELIUM ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
EINSTEINIUM ISOTOPES
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FERMIUM ISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
IRRADIATION REACTORS
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS
ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PARTICLE SOURCES
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
SYNTHESIS
TANK TYPE REACTORS
TEST REACTORS
THERMAL REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
400703* - Radiochemistry & Nuclear Chemistry- Radioisotope Production