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US 2019/0326029 A1Published application
Apparatus and Method for Generating Medical Isotopes
AssigneesWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Shine Medical Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGregory Richard Piefer, Thad Alexander Heltemes, Eric Nicholas Van Abel, Ross Francis Radel
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating medical isotopes provides an annular fissile solution vessel surrounding a neutron generator. The annular fissile solution vessel provides for good capture of the emitted neutrons and a geometry that provides enhanced stability in an aqueous reactor. A neutron multiplier and/or a neutron moderator may be used to improve the efficiency and control the criticality of the reaction in the annular fissile solution vessel.
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A method of generating medical isotopes comprising:
- providing an annular reaction vessel holding an aqueous fissile solution;
- directing a beam of charged particles along an axis of the annular reaction vessel into a particle emitter positioned within the annular reaction vessel to produce a beam of neutrons passing radially outward through the annular reaction vessel into the aqueous fissile solution to produce a nuclear fission reaction dominated by neutrons bombarding the aqueous fissile solution to produce additional neutron held within the annular solution vessel;
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- cooling an inner and outer cylindrical wall of the annular solution vessel to provide cooling of the aqueous fissile solution during the nuclear fission reaction within the annular reaction vessel by a cooling fluid.
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