Enrichment and radioisotope production
AssigneeASML Netherlands B.V.
InventorsPieter Willem Herman De Jager, Antonius Theodorus Anna Maria Derksen
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Abstract
A combined enrichment and radioisotope production apparatus comprising an electron source arranged to provide an electron beam, the electron source comprising an electron injector and an accelerator, an undulator configured to generate a radiation beam using the electron beam, a molecular stream generator configured to provide a stream of molecules which is intersected by the radiation beam, a receptacle configured to receive molecules or ions selectively received from the stream of molecules, and a target support structure configured to hold a target upon which the electron beam is incident in use.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an electron source arranged to provide an electron beam, the electron source comprising an electron injector and an accelerator;
- an undulator configured to generate a radiation beam using the electron beam;
- a molecular stream generator configured to provide a stream of molecules which is intersected by the radiation beam;
- a receptacle configured to receive molecules or ions selectively received from the stream of molecules;
- and
- a target support structure configured to hold a target upon which the electron beam is incident in use,
- wherein the target comprises a desired isotope to generate a radioisotope.
A method comprising:
- using an electron injector and an accelerator to provide an electron beam;
- using an undulator to generate a radiation beam using the electron beam;
- providing a stream of molecules which is intersected by the radiation beam;
- selectively receiving, in a receptacle, molecules or ions from the stream of molecules which comprise a desired isotope;
- and
- directing the electron beam onto a target comprising a desired isotope to generate a radioisotope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.