Progress on Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory From February 2022 to December 2022

Andrew Zillmer; William Green; Justin Lower; Jill Mitchell; Brittany Grayson; Erik Rosvall; Austen Fradeneck; Joshua Fishler; Ryan Marlow; Mark Hill

doi:10.13182/NETS23-41860

Progress on Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory From February 2022 to December 2022

Andrew Zillmer, William Green, Justin Lower, Jill Mitchell, Brittany Grayson, Erik Rosvall, Austen Fradeneck, Joshua Fishler, Ryan Marlow, Mark Hill

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023
Publisher	American Nuclear Society
Pages	262-267
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780894487903
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13182/NETS23-41860
State	Published - 2023
Event	2023 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023 - Idaho Falls, United States Duration: May 7 2023 → May 11 2023

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Name	Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023

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Conference	2023 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Idaho Falls
Period	05/7/23 → 05/11/23

Funding

This work was funded by NASA Interagency Agreement # NNH19OB05A and DOE contract DEAC05-00OR22725 and DE-AC07-05ID14517. This work also leveraged the High Performance Computing Center at Idaho National Laboratory, which is supported by the Office of Nuclear Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy and the Nuclear Science User Facilities under Contract No. DE-AC07-05ID14517.

Funders	Funder number
Office of Nuclear Energy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NNH19OB05A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-AC07-05ID14517, DEAC05-00OR22725
U.S. Department of Energy

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Zillmer, A., Green, W., Lower, J., Mitchell, J., Grayson, B., Rosvall, E., Fradeneck, A., Fishler, J., Marlow, R., & Hill, M. (2023). Progress on Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory From February 2022 to December 2022. In Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023 (pp. 262-267). (Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023). American Nuclear Society. https://doi.org/10.13182/NETS23-41860

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Zillmer, A, Green, W, Lower, J, Mitchell, J, Grayson, B, Rosvall, E, Fradeneck, A, Fishler, J, Marlow, R & Hill, M 2023, Progress on Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory From February 2022 to December 2022. in Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023. Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023, American Nuclear Society, pp. 262-267, 2023 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023, Idaho Falls, United States, 05/7/23. https://doi.org/10.13182/NETS23-41860

Progress on Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory From February 2022 to December 2022. / Zillmer, Andrew; Green, William; Lower, Justin et al.
Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023. American Nuclear Society, 2023. p. 262-267 (Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023).

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