Publication Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
Conference Name
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 55th Annual Meeting
Conference Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Conference Date
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Abstract
A new supply chain is planned for plutonium-238 using existing reactors at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and existing chemical recovery facilities at ORNL. Validation and testing activities for new irradiation target designs have been conducted in three phases over a 2 year period to provide data for scale-up to production. Target design, qualification, target fabrication, and irradiation of fully-loaded targets have been accomplished. Data from post-irradiation examination (PIE) supports safety analysis and irradiation of future target designs.
