Feasibility study for production of [sup.99m]Tc by neutron irradiation of Mo[O.sub.3] in a 250 kW TRIGA Mark II reactor

Feasibility study for production of [sup.99m]Tc by neutron irradiation of Mo[O.sub.3] in a 250 kW TRIGA Mark II reactor

The subject of this paper is to explore the possibility to obtain [sup.99m]Tc from activation of [sup.98]Mo, using the TRIGA Mark II low flux research reactor (Vienna, Austria). Irradiation of both natural and enriched in [sup.98]Mo molybdenum oxides was compared. Aims of this work included the dete...

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Published in:Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry Vol. 298; no. 1; p. 413
Main Authors: Matyskin, Artem V, Ridikas, Danas, Skuridin, V.S, Sterba, Johannes, Steinhauser, Georg
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 01-10-2013
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Nuclear facilities
Uranium
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Summary:The subject of this paper is to explore the possibility to obtain [sup.99m]Tc from activation of [sup.98]Mo, using the TRIGA Mark II low flux research reactor (Vienna, Austria). Irradiation of both natural and enriched in [sup.98]Mo molybdenum oxides was compared. Aims of this work included the determination of neutron fluxes and [sup.98]Mo(n, γ)[sup.99]Mo reaction effective cross section in the TRIGA Mark II reactor irradiation channels, calculation of [sup.99]Mo specific activities, determination of optimal irradiation conditions for the subsequent [sup.99m]Tc separation from Mo[O.sub.3] targets using concentrating technologies. Keywords Molybdenum * Neutron irradiation * TRIGA Mark II * Technetium * Extraction
ISSN:0236-5731
DOI:10.1007/s10967-012-2381-y