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US 2014/0153684 A1Published application
Dry Phase Reactor for Generating Medical Isotopes
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsThomas Rockwell Mackie, Thad Alexander Heltemes
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating medical isotopes provides for the irradiation of dry-phase, granular uranium compounds which are then dissolved in a solvent for separation of the medical isotope from the irradiated compound. Once the medical isotope is removed, the dissolved compound may be reconstituted in dry granular form for repeated irradiation.
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A method of producing medical isotopes comprising the steps of:
- (a) exposing a dry granular uranium compound to radiation to produce the medical isotope by nuclear reaction;
- (b) dissolving the irradiated uranium compound in a solvent;
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- (c) separating the medical isotope from the solventized uranium compound to provide an isolated medical isotope.
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An apparatus for producing medical isotopes comprising:
- a reactor volume for controlling an irradiation of material contained in the volume;
- a plurality of containers holding a dry granular uranium compound and removably insertable into the reactor volume;
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- a separator system processing the dry granular uranium compound by dissolving it in a solvent and separating the medical isotope from the dry granular uranium compound.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.