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US 2024/0145111 A1Published application
Segmented reaction chamber for radioisotope production
AssigneeSHINE Technologies, LLC
InventorsGregory Piefer, Thomas Rockwell Mackie
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Abstract
A reactor that is operable to produce an isotope includes a region for containing a controlled nuclear fission reaction, the region segmented into a plurality of independent compartments, each of the compartments for containing a parent material in an aqueous solution that interacts with neutrons to produce the isotope via a fission reaction. Also provided are methods of producing an isotope using the same.
Claims16
A reactor operable to produce an isotope, the reactor comprising:
- a fusion portion including a target path disposed within a target chamber that substantially encircles a space, the fusion portion operable to produce a neutron flux within the target chamber;
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- a fission portion for containing a controlled nuclear fission reaction, the fission portion segmented into a plurality of independent compartments, wherein the plurality of independent compartments are positioned within the space and the plurality of independent compartment are each configured for containing a parent material in an aqueous solution, wherein the parent material interacts with a portion of the neutron flux to produce the isotope via a fission reaction.
A method of producing an isotope, the method comprising:
- generating neutrons via a fusion reaction within a target chamber of a fusion portion of a reactor, wherein the target chamber substantially encircles a space;
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- reacting, in at least one independent compartment of a plurality of independent compartments of a fission portion of the reactor, the neutrons with a parent material that is positioned in an aqueous solution and contained within the at least one independent compartment to produce the isotope via fission reactions in the at least one independent compartment, wherein the plurality of independent compartments are positioned in the space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.