Device for producing radioisotopes
US9922743B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21G2001/0015
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a device (1) for producing radioisotopes by irradiating a target fluid using a particle beam (13). This device comprises an irradiation cell (7) that includes a cavity (3) for receiving the target fluid. A non-cryogenic cooling device cools the walls of the cavity (3). The cavity (3) has an inclined surface (15) downwardly delimiting the cavity (3) so as to evacuate the target fluid, which condenses on contact with the cooled walls, under gravity towards a metal foil (4) which closes off this cavity (3). The inclined surface (15) intersects the plane formed by the metal foil (4), making an acute angle (a) with said plane, so as to form with the metal foil (4) a wedge-shaped zone (18) capable of collecting, by gravity, the condensed target fluid.
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