Progress on Pu-238 Production at INL From February 2022 to December 2022

Conference · Tue May 09 04:00:00 EDT 2023

OSTI ID:1984600

Green, William Spencer ^[1]; Mitchell, Jill R ^[1]; Grayson, Brittany Jean ^[1]; Rosvall, Erik S ^[1]; Fradeneck, Austen David ^[1]; Fishler, Joshua David ^[1]; Marlow, Ryan L ^[1]; Hill, Mark A ^[1]; Zillmer, Andrew John ^[1]; Lower, Justin D ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory

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 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 December 2022.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Facility Operations (NE-3)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1984600
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-23-72352-Rev000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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