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 |
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| 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 |
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| State | Published - 2023 |
| Event | 2023 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023 - Idaho Falls, United States Duration: May 7 2023 → May 11 2023 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023 |
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Conference
| Conference | 2023 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023 |
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| 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.