History of Pu-238 Production Restart Efforts at Idaho National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

IF 1.9 3区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI:10.1109/TNS.2024.3497876

Andrew Zillmer;Richard Howard;David Chandler;Adam Parkison

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Abstract

In the early 2010s, efforts to restart production in the U.S. of plutonium-238 heat source (HSPu) material for NASA deep space missions were initiated. Processes, procedures, hardware, and chemical separations were developed and implemented to enable the production of heat source material at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This review provides an overview of the timeline and efforts associated with the restart of production, as well as upcoming efforts to increase production.

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爱达荷国家实验室和橡树岭国家实验室重启钚-238生产工作的历史

2010年代初，美国开始努力重新开始生产用于NASA深空任务的钚-238热源（HSPu）材料。橡树岭国家实验室（ORNL）和爱达荷国家实验室（INL）开发并实施了工艺、程序、硬件和化学分离，以实现热源材料的生产。这篇综述概述了与重新启动生产相关的时间表和努力，以及即将进行的增产工作。

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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

3.70

自引率

27.80%

发文量

314

审稿时长

6.2 months

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