Plutonium-238 Production for Radioisotope Power Systems for National Aeronautics and Space Administration and National Security MissionsPeter B. Lyons
Small-scale test irradiations of Np in the Richland and Savannah River production reactors have provided substantial empirical information on the mechanisms for formation of Pu. Application of this information to the design of larger scale irradiations in the Savannah River high flux reactor has resul...
The shipment of 0.5 kilograms of new heat source plutonium oxide is the largest since the domestic restart of plutonium-238 production more than 10 years ago. “It marks a significant milestone toward achieving the constant rate production average target of 1.5 kilograms per year by 2026,...
Plutonium-239 production ratio (a ratio of 239Pu atoms to initial 238U atoms) and burnup were also determined. Behavior of 239Pu production depended on sample loading position (e.g. neutron spectrum), and the tendency is different between fuel stack and reflector region. In order to evaluate...
The plutonium production facility known as the Mayak Production Association was put into operation in June 1948. A high incidence of cancer in the Mayak wo... RW Leggett,KF Eckerman,VF Khokhryakov,... - 《Radiation Research》 被引量: 305发表: 2005年 Metabolism of Pu 239 in adult beagle...
Optimization of Plutonium-238 Production in the Advanced Test ReactorEmory ColvinBraden BurtLogan CarpenterJared Magnusson
Small-scale test irradiations of Np in the Richland and Savannah River production reactors have provided substantial empirical information on the mechanisms for formation of Pu. Application of this information to the design of larger scale irradiations in the Savannah River high flux reactor has ...
pu-238NASAreactorisotopechemicalproductionRTGAll indications from preliminary irradiations at HFIR show that targets can be qualified for irradiation, and production style targets are feasible in the coming years.CD. BryanR.M. WhamR.W. Hobbs
The economic incentives for producing Pu in an epithermal reactor are presented, and the estimated production costs are shown to be lower than the generally quoted values. It is also shown that the estimated national requirements for Pu can be met with one single-purpose production reactor of ...
Production And Characterization Of A Plutonium-238 Loaded Ceramic Waste Form For The Study Of The Effects Of Alpha Decay Damagedoi:10.1557/PROC-556-1193Argonne National Laboratory has developed a glass-bonded sodalite ceramic waste form to immobilize fission products and plutonium that accumulate during...