Publications

Mar, 2026

Conference Paper

Management of Pu-242 Inventories at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL has an inventory of radioisotopes that are being managed for ongoing research programs and being held for reuse because they have potential intrinsic value to DOE. There is an increasing interest in Pu-242 by user communities. This paper describes the actions ORNL is taking to manage the inventories of Pu-242 and making it available to potential users.

Mar, 2024

Conference Paper

Management of High-Value Air-Reactive Material at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Mar, 2024

Conference Paper

Recovery of High-Value Air-Reactive Material

Dec, 2023

Conference Paper

Nuclide Inventory Validation: Radiochemical Assay Data Quality and Modeling Challenges in Benchmark Models Development

Dec, 2023

Journal

Plutonium-238 Production Program Results, Implications, and Projections from Irradiation and Examination of Initial NpO2 Test Targets for Improved Production

An alternative target design with potential improvements, including a major increase in 238Pu production rate and annual capacity; fewer targets to be fabricated, irradiated, and processed; and a significant replacement of a large volume of caustic-nitrate, aluminum-bearing radioactive liquid waste with a smaller volume of solid metal waste, has been conceived and evaluate…

Dec, 2023

ORNL Report

Report on the Analysis of Plutonium-238 Oxide, Campaign #

Nov, 2023

Journal

The need for speed – Burnup determination of spent nuclear fuel

Here we present the application of a novel analytical approach for high-speed evaluation of burn-up in spent nuclear fuel. This automated online separation–direct analysis method, which simultaneously measures the isotopic compositions and concentrations of Nd, Pu, and U using isotope dilution-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, enables the determination of burnu…

Nov, 2023

ORNL Report

Analytical Report for Nuclear Regulatory Commission High Burnup Fuel Specimens

Oct, 2015

Journal

Re-evaluation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Assay Data for the Three Mile Island Unit 1 Reactor and Application to Code Validation

Aug, 2011

Conference Paper

The Transuranium Analytical Laboratory’s Support for Production of Transcurium Isotopes during Campaign 74 at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Mar, 2011

Conference Paper

Detailed Destructive Post-Irradiation Examinations of Mixed Uranium and Plutonium Oxide Fuel