Radioisotope Detection Device and Methods of Radioisotope Collection

US7923692B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC · US

Inventors

• Troy J. Tranter · Idaho Falls, US
• CHRISTOPHER P. OERTEL · Arvada, US
• John R. Giles · Pocatello, US
• Nicholas R. Mann · Blackfoot, US
• Michael E. McIlwain · Idaho Falls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 3, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01T1/203
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A device for collection of radionuclides includes a mixture of a polymer, a fluorescent organic scintillator and a chemical extractant. A radionuclide detector system includes a collection device comprising a mixture of a polymer, a fluorescent agent and a selective ligand. The system includes at least one photomultiplier tube (PMT). A method of detecting radionuclides includes providing a collector device comprising a mixture comprising a polymer, a fluorescent organic scintillator and a chemical extractant. An aqueous environment is exposed to the device and radionuclides are collected from the environment. Radionuclides can be concentrated within the device.