Performance comparison of poly zirconium compound (PZC) kaken with polymer based zirconium (PBZ) from PTRR for ⁹⁹Mo/^99mTC generator column

⁹⁹Mo/^99mTc generator produce radioisotopes ^99mTc which is a major medical on the world radioisotopes are used for diagnosis in the field of nuclear medicine. Five (5) of a nuclear reactor in the world producing radioisotopes ⁹⁹Mo main (parent of ^99mTc radioisotope) from uranium fission seriously impaired, as well as the production of medical radioisotopes ^99mTc. Because the parent radioisotope ⁹⁹Mo production process using neutron activation method from molybdenum targets do. Radioisotope ⁹⁹Mo from neutron activation results this has kind of low radioactivity, so it is not appropriate to use the alumina column, because the absorption capacity of molybdenum small (Mo ± 2 mg/g Al). As an alternative use of zirconium polymer compound having a high absorption capacity (270 mg/g). This study discusses the performance comparison Poly Zirconium Compound (PZC) by Kaken Co. Japan and Polymer Based Zirconium (PBZ) synthesized by PTRR, BATAN. This study establishes absorption capacity, absorption efficiency, impurity ⁹⁹Mo , separation efficiency of ^99mTc and of the elution profile. Results study, PZC performance parameters for the aforementioned 210.62 mg/g, 77.4%, 0.0187 µCi/mCi and 0.0132 µCi/mCi, 276.35 mCi (86.15%), respectively. As for PBZ, 188.81 mg/g, 79.33%, 0.2337 µCi/mCi and 31.5615 µCi/mCi, 43.39 mCi (67.90%). ^99mTc elution profile of the PZC and PBZ almost similar, that ^99mTc radioactivity levels obtained before the eluent volume reached 10 mL. (author)