Process Development for Plutonium-238 Production at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Title: Process Development for Plutonium-238 Production at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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The third chemical processing campaign conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) with irradiated neptunium oxide–aluminum cermet targets produced plutonium-238 oxide product meeting purity specifications for space power applications. This is a major step for the Plutonium-238 Supply Program toward reestablishing production. This summary highlights results to date and presents focus areas of current activities to improve process efficiency and to increase production rate.

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Publication Date:: 2019-02-01

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1507858

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space 2019 - Richland, Washington, United States of America - 2/25/2019 5:00:00 AM-2/28/2019 5:00:00 AM

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Depaoli, David W., Benker, Dennis, Delmau, Laetitia Helene, Sherman, Steven R., Riley Jr, Frank, Bailey, Porter D., Collins, Emory D., and Wham, Robert M. Process Development for Plutonium-238 Production at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Depaoli, David W., Benker, Dennis, Delmau, Laetitia Helene, Sherman, Steven R., Riley Jr, Frank, Bailey, Porter D., Collins, Emory D., & Wham, Robert M. Process Development for Plutonium-238 Production at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  United States.

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                    Depaoli, David W., Benker, Dennis, Delmau, Laetitia Helene, Sherman, Steven R., Riley Jr, Frank, Bailey, Porter D., Collins, Emory D., and Wham, Robert M. Fri .  
        "Process Development for Plutonium-238 Production at Oak Ridge National Laboratory".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1507858.

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  title        = {Process Development for Plutonium-238 Production at Oak Ridge National Laboratory},

  author       = {Depaoli, David W. and Benker, Dennis and Delmau, Laetitia Helene and Sherman, Steven R. and Riley Jr, Frank and Bailey, Porter D. and Collins, Emory D. and Wham, Robert M.},

  abstractNote = {The third chemical processing campaign conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) with irradiated neptunium oxide–aluminum cermet targets produced plutonium-238 oxide product meeting purity specifications for space power applications. This is a major step for the Plutonium-238 Supply Program toward reestablishing production. This summary highlights results to date and presents focus areas of current activities to improve process efficiency and to increase production rate.},

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