Published 1998 | Version v1
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Present status of the use of LEU in aqueous reactors to produce Mo-99

Creators

  • 1. Technology Commercialization International, Lynchburg, VA (United States)
  • 2. Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Inst., Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

An operating aqueous homogeneous reactor, the ARGUS at Kurchatov Institute, has been used to produce fission product molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), widely used in nuclear medicine to produce technetium-99m (Tc-99m). The Mo-99 has been extracted from the sulfate solution using an organic sorbent after operation at 1 kW/liter. after purification, the material has been assayed and the result is well within required specification of the USPharmacopaeia. Operation calculation are presented to show the sources and quantity of alpha activity when LEU is used. (author)

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Proceedings of the 1998 international meeting on reduced enrichment for research and test reactors  

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
8 p.
Report number
INIS-BR--3929

Conference

Title
21. International meeting on reduced enrichment for research and test reactor (RERTR)
Dates
18-23 Oct 1998
Place
Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
35040277
Subject category
S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; MOLYBDENUM 99; NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION; PURIFICATION; SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM; URANIUM 235
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; URANIUM; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Notes
6 refs. Session 9: PMO-002; This record replaces 33001163