BRR Cask Use for Pu-238 Isotope Production

Conference · Thu Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 2023

OSTI ID:1984825

Zillmer, Andrew John ^[1]; Fradeneck, Austen David ^[1]; Marlow, Ryan L ^[1]; Consiorowski, Erik ^[2]; Noss, Philip ^[2]; Howard, Richard ^[3]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory
2. ORANO
3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

US Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), needs to produce Pu-238 for space exploration Major activities are focused at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Key part of program is movement of targets between INL and ORNL BEA Research Reactor (BRR) package licensed for transport of unirradiated and irradiated targets

• 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: 1984825
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-23-72815-Rev000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
BRR
Pu238
cask
isotope