A Facility for the Production of Pu238
Description:
Abstract: A pilot plant facility for recovering Pu238 and unconverted neptunium from irradiated neptunium target elements was operated for 17 months at the Savannah River Laboratory. The process required that the irradiated target elements be dissolved and the solution be processed through three anion exchange cycles for removal of undesirable fission products and cations, recovery of unconverted neptunium, and concentration of Pu238 solution. The process equipment was enclosed in three stain…
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Date:
September 1963
Creator:
Tetzlaff, R. N.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department