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HEU and LEU comparison in the production of Molybdenum-99

Creators

  • 1. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Centro Atomico Ezeiza (Argentina)

Description

Fission Molybdenum-99 from LEU targets is being produced in Argentina, at the Ezeiza Atomic Centre, since 2002. Before 2002, Argentina produced for more than 15 years fission molybdenum-99 from HEU targets. Both production procedures involve the irradiation of the targets composed by an Uranium-Aluminium compound 'meat' cladded with aluminum and a chemical processing of the targets. A statistic relative efficiency analysis of the production results, a brief description of the LEU method and quality control data of both procedures will be presented. (author)

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Part of:
2007 international meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR). Abstracts and available papers presented at the meeting

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.rertr.anl.gov/RERTR29/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
2007 international meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR). Abstracts and available papers presented at the meeting
Imprint Pagination
vp.
Journal Page Range
8 p.
Report number
INIS-US--08N0001

Conference

Title
29. international meeting on reduced enrichment for research and test reactors
Acronym
RERTR-2007
Dates
23-27 Sep 2007
Place
Prague (Czech Republic)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39121077
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; ARGENTINA; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; EFFICIENCY; FISSION; HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM; IRRADIATION; MODERATELY ENRICHED URANIUM; MOLYBDENUM 99; QUALITY CONTROL
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CONTROL; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM; EVALUATION; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; ISOTOPES; LATIN AMERICA; MATERIALS; METALS; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; SOUTH AMERICA; URANIUM

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Notes
8 refs, 2 figs, 4 tabs