SEDL / STP / STP850-EB / STP32685S



Potential for Large-Diameter NTD Silicon Production in the Advanced Test Reactor

Herring, JS
Project EngineerSenior Program Specialist, EG&G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls,

Korenke, RE
Project EngineerSenior Program Specialist, EG&G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls,


Pages: 13    Published: Jan 1984


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Source: STP850-EB


Abstract

The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) is a 250-MWth flux-trap reactor located at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). Within the reflector are four 124-mm-diameter I-holes, which are available for silicon irradiation. Two large irradiation volumes of 0.5 m × 0.4 m × 1.2 m and 0.5 m × 0.2 m × 1.2 m are also available for transmutation doping. Thermal fluxes in these locations range from 0.56 to 23.0 × 1012 nt/cm3-s. Use of the ATR for providing neutron transmutation doping (NTD) services in sizes not available elsewhere in the United States may be feasible.


Keywords:
Advanced Test Reactor, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, ingot irradiation (100 mm+), neutron transmutation doping, NTD silicon production

Paper ID: STP32685S
Committee/Subcommittee: F01.06
DOI: 10.1520/STP32685S
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