Plutonium-238 processing at Savannah River Plant

Conference · Fri Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5762715

Burney, G A

Plutonium-238 is produced by irradiating NpO/sub 2/-Al cermet slugs or tubes with neutrons. The neptunium-237 is produced as a by-product when natural or enriched uranium is irradiated with neutrons. The neptunium is separated by solvent extraction and ion exchange and precipitated as neptunium oxalate. Neptunium oxalate is calcined to neptunium oxide and fabricated into targets for irradiation. The irradiation conditions are controlled to produce plutonium with 80 to 90 wt % /sup 238/Pu.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5762715
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-83-63; CONF-831047-63; ON: DE83015323
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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