Published 2009 | Version v1
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Status of development on 99Mo production technologies in JMTR

Creators

  • 1. Neutron Irradiation and Testing Reactor Center, Oarai Research and Development Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Oarai-machi, Higashiibaraki-gun, Ibaraki-ken 311-1393 (Japan)

Description

The Japan Materials Testing Reactor (JMTR) is now under refurbishment, and the operation of the new JMTR will be started in 2011. The new JMTR has a plan to produce 99Mo, which is the parent nuclide of 99mTc, and two 99Mo production technologies have been developed; one is a solid irradiation method, and the other is a solution irradiation method. Both are based on the following production reaction: 98Mo(n,γ)99Mo. In the solid irradiation method, it was found that JMTR can provide about 20% of the 99Mo imported into Japan. In the solution irradiation method, the ammonium molybdate solution and the potassium molybdate solution were selected as candidates for the irradiation target. The corrosiveness, the chemical stability, the gamma heating, and the radiolysis of the solutions were investigated. As a result, it was found that the molybdate solutions are promising as targets and that stainless steel can be used as the structural material for irradiation capsules and pipes

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503668;

Publishing Information

Publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Imprint Place
New York (United States)
ISBN
978-1-4244-5207-1
Imprint Pagination
8 p.

Conference

Title
1. International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications
Acronym
ANIMMA 2009
Dates
7-10 Jun 2009
Place
Marseille (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
42050808
Subject category
S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION CAPSULES; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; JMTR REACTOR; MOLYBDATES; MOLYBDENUM 98 REACTIONS; MOLYBDENUM 99; NEUTRON REACTIONS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIATION HEATING; REACTOR OPERATION; SOLUTIONS; STAINLESS STEELS; TECHNETIUM 99
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ALLOYS; BARYON REACTIONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON ADDITIONS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISPERSIONS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HADRON REACTIONS; HEATING; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; HIGH ALLOY STEELS; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS; MIXTURES; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON REACTIONS; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OPERATION; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; STEELS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; TEST FACILITIES; TEST REACTORS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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