Method of producing radionuclides
AssigneeThe South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited
InventorsDavid Randall Jansen, Geert Cornelis Krijger, Zvonimir Ivica Kolar, Jan Rijn Zeevaart
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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.
Claims16
A method of producing radionuclides, which includes
- in an irradiation zone, irradiating a target medium comprising at least a target nuclide material, with neutron irradiation, thereby causing radionuclides to form in the target nuclide material, with at least some of the formed radionuclides being ejected from the target nuclide material;
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- capturing and collecting the ejected radionuclides in a carbon-based recoil capture material which does not have an empty cage structure at crystallographic level.
A radionuclide production arrangement, which includes
- an irradiation zone, in which a target medium comprising at least a target nuclide material is provided;
- a neutron irradiation source, which is provided in a neutron irradiation relationship with the target medium in the irradiation zone;
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- a carbon-based recoil capture material, arranged to capture radionuclides which are ejected from the target nuclide material, the carbon-based recoil capture material not having an empty cage structure at crystallographic level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.