Title :
Status of development on 99Mo production technologies in JMTR
Author :
Inaba, Yoshitomo ; Iimura, Koichi ; Hosokawa, Jinsaku ; Izumo, Hironobu ; Hori, Naohiko ; Ishitsuka, Etsuo
Author_Institution :
Neutron Irradiation & Testing Reactor Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Oarai, Japan
Abstract :
The Japan Materials Testing Reactor (JMTR) is now under refurbishment, and the operation of the new JMTR will be started in FY 2011. The new JMTR has a plan to produce 99Mo, which is the parent nuclide of 99mTc, and two 99Mo production technologies have been developed; the one is a solid irradiation method, and the other is a solution irradiation method. In the solid irradiation method, it was found that JMTR can provide about 20% of the 99Mo imported into Japan. In the solution irradiation method, the fundamental characteristics of the aqueous molybdate solutions selected as the irradiation target were cleared by the gamma-ray irradiation test. Aiming at the domestic production of 99Mo in Japan, the development of 99Mo production technologies in JMTR has been continued.
Keywords :
fission reactor design; fission reactor fuel; fission research reactors; molybdenum; 99Mo production technology; JMTR; Japan material testing reactor; Mo; aqueous molybdate solution; gamma-ray irradiation test; solid irradiation method; solution irradiation method; Contamination; Costs; Inductors; Materials testing; Neutrons; Nuclear power generation; Production; Radioactive waste; Separation processes; Solids; 99Mo; 99mTc; Japan Materials Testing Reactor; Production Technology; Radiopharmaceutical;
Conference_Titel :
Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2009 First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Marseille
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5207-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5208-8
DOI :
10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503668
