Published May 1975
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Report
237Pu production
Description
By the use of a highly enriched 235U metal target with a thickness of 10 MeV and 30-MeV α particles at a beam current of approximately 20 μamp, a substantial quantity of 237Pu was produced by the 235U(α,2n)237U reaction. Heat transfer and containment problems were solved by hot pressing the U between two layers of Cu and wate cooling the sandwich during the 40-hr bombardment. Ion exchange and solvent extraction techniques were used to separate the 237Pu. (U.S.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Physics Division annual progress report for period ending December 31, 1974
- Imprint Pagination
- 230 p.
- Report number
- ORNL--5025
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 7220391
- Subject category
- S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Progress Report
- Descriptors DEI
- ALPHA REACTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; PLUTONIUM 237; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; URANIUM 235
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES