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Khamis, I.; Ezzuddin, H.
Atomic Energy Commission, Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic), Dept. of Nuclear Engineering2006
Atomic Energy Commission, Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic), Dept. of Nuclear Engineering2006
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[en] In this study, the major basis of Mo- production using irradiation method for targets of enriched uranium is presented. Factors such as neutron flux, time of irradiation, and enrichment ration have also been analyzed. It was concluded that Mo-production requires nuclear reactors having high neutron fluxes, and that raising the neutron flux results in increasing the Mo-activities especially at fluxes that are higher than 1014n.cm-2.s-1. Time of irradiation was found to have adverse i.e. positive and negative effects on Mo activity. Therefore, the optimum irradiation time should be determined. The Mo-production was modeled through a set of differential equation with respect to time with aim to study the most influencing factors on Mo production, especially the effects of neutron flux and time of irradiation. In addition, the mass of plutonium produced during the irradiation of low enriched uranium has been evaluated. An investigation as to whether 99Mo could be produced in the Syrian MNSR has been made. The result shows that a specific activity of 0.3773 Ci/g for 99Mo could be produced. In future, a nuclear research reactor having neutron flux of 1014n.cm-2.s-1 and 8 irradiation sites suitable for targets of 5 g of 235U could produce about 5000 Ci on a weekly. Calculation and simulation have been achieved using the already developed DARE-P simulation language which was modified and improved in the nuclear Engineering Department in the Atomic Energy Commission of Syria. (author)
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Dec 2006; 18 p; 9 refs., 10 tabs., 7 figs.
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ACTINIDES, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, COMPUTER CODES, DATA, DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, ELEMENTS, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, HEAVY NUCLEI, INFORMATION, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS, ISOTOPES, MATERIALS, METALS, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, MNSR TYPE REACTORS, MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES, NUCLEI, NUMERICAL DATA, RADIATION FLUX, RADIOISOTOPES, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTORS, RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS, RESEARCH REACTORS, SIMULATION, SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES, TANK TYPE REACTORS, THERMAL REACTORS, URANIUM, URANIUM ISOTOPES, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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