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A thermal hydraulics analysis of a molybdenum production element for implementation in TRIGA reactors

Creator:

Byfield, Patrick

Abstract:

The metastable isotope of technetium-99 (Tc-99m) is an important diagnostic tool used in the field of nuclear medicine due to the isotope's 6.0 hour half-life, 140.5 keV γ-decay mechanism, and multiple oxidation states [1,2]. Approximately 70% of the world’s nuclear medicine procedures involve the use of Tc-99m [3]. The conventional...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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]. The conventional source of Tc-99m comes from the β-decay of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), an isotope which
Molybdenum-99 production in the Oregon State TRIGA reactor : analysis of the reactor design using a new LEU target as fuel

Creator:

Hummel, Andrew J.

Abstract:

The most widely used and versatile medical radioisotope today is technetium-99m. Roughly 30 million people depend on this radioisotope for diagnostic procedures each year, and this demand is expected to grow. Although there are numerous ways of procuring this isotope, the most common and most practical, for reasons to be...

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Dissertation

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producted Mo-99 criteria ................................ 115 Table 2.2 Molybdenum isotope data