@inproceedings{e1bfa0ebb58a40b0b2ed1bf6d9534c3a,
title = "Reestablishing the supply of plutonium-238",
abstract = "The US Department of Energy has presented a plan to use existing reactors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and processing facilities at ORNL, modified as needed, to produce 238Pu. The basic capabilities that need to be put into place to produce new 238Pu are (1) neptunium storage and transport, (2) target fabrication, (3) target irradiation, and (4) chemical processing of irradiated targets to recover 238Pu. Neptunium currently in storage at INL will be shipped to ORNL during CY 2015. The target design has progressed to a prototypic target design that is expected to be used for production. Initial chemical processing experiments have shown successful recovery of neptunium and plutonium, but overall product purity has not been as high as desired.",
author = "Wham, {R. M.} and Felker, {L. K.} and Collins, {E. D.} and Benker, {D. E.} and Owens, {R. S.} and Hobbs, {R. W.} and D. Chandler and Vedder, {R. J.}",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.2514/6.2015-4115",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781624103766",
series = "13th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA",
booktitle = "13th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference",
note = "13th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, IECEC 2015 ; Conference date: 27-07-2015 Through 29-07-2015",
}