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Method of producing radionuclides

US9047998B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

14Claims

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Assignee

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited · ZA

Inventors

David R. Jansen · Glenmoore, US
Geert Cornelis Krijger · Amsterdam, NL
Zvonimir Ivica Kolar · Delft, NL
Jan Rijn Zeevaart · Pretoria, ZA

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 2011
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG21G1/001
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of producing radionuclides. According to the method, a target medium comprising at least a target nuclide material is irradiated in an irradiation zone with neutron irradiation. Radionuclides form in the target nuclide material as a result of the irradiation, and at least some of the formed radionuclides are ejected from the target nuclide material. The ejected radionuclides are then captured and collected in a carbon-based recoil capture material which does not have an empty cage structure at crystallographic level.

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