Summary of Sandia research on metal tritides [electronic resource] : FY 2007

Published: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2008.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: 69 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Sandia National Laboratories, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Sandia National Laboratories has cradle to grave responsibility for all neutron generators in the US nuclear weapons stockpile. As such, much research effort is exerted to develop a comprehensive understanding of all the major components of a neutron generator. One of the key components is the tritium containing target. The target is a thin metal tritide film. Sandia's research into metal tritides began in the early 1960's with a collaboration with the Denver Research Institute (DRI) and continues to this day with a major in house research effort. This document is an attempt to briefly summarize what is known about the aging of erbium tritide and to review the major publications conducted at Sandia in FY 07. First, a review of our knowledge of helium in erbium tritide will be presented. Second, executive summaries of the six major SAND reports regarding neutron tube targets published in FY07 by Department 2735, the Applied Science and Technology Maturation Department, and research partners are presented.

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E 1.99:sand2008-2578
sand2008-2578

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Published through SciTech Connect.
05/01/2008.
"sand2008-2578"
Browning, James Frederick; Rodriguez, Mark Andrew; Wixom, Ryan R.; Kammler, Daniel R.; Ferrizz, Robert Matthew; Snow, Clark Sheldon; Espada, Loren I.

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AC04-94AL85000

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