TURF Californium facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The TURF Californium Facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been expanded and modified, and the Californium Industrial Sales/Loan Program has been transferred to ORNL from the Savannah River Plant. The TURF Californium Facility has been operated since 1970 by the staff of the ORNL Transuranium Processing Plant (TPP) as part of the Heavy-Element Research Program of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES). The facility was built to provide hot-cell space that is free of /sup 244/Cm contamination in which to recover high-isotopic-purity /sup 248/Cm, the alpha decay daughter of /sup 252/Cf, for use in research. All /sup 252/Cf handling operations for the BES program, including purification, packaging, and neutron source fabrication, are done in the TURF Californium Facility.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
- OSTI ID:
- 7184890
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-861102-
- Journal Information:
- Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 53; ISSN TANSA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
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ALPHA DECAY
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CALIFORNIUM 252
CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES
CURIUM 244
CURIUM 248
CURIUM ISOTOPES
DECAY
EQUIPMENT
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MODIFICATIONS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEUTRON SOURCES
NUCLEI
ORNL
PARTICLE SOURCES
PRODUCTION
PURIFICATION
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIOISOTOPES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES