Los Alamos National Laboratory Support for Commercial U.S. Production of ⁹⁹Mo without the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium

Technical Report · Fri Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1240813· OSTI ID:1240813

Dale, Gregory E. ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

There is currently a serious shortage of ⁹⁹Mo, from which to generate the medically significant isotope ^99mTc. Most of the world's supply comes from the fission of highly enriched uranium targets--this is a proliferation concern. This document focuses on the technology involved in two alternative methods: electron accelerator production of ⁹⁹Mo from the ¹⁰⁰Mo(γ,n)⁹⁹Mo reaction and production of ⁹⁹Mo as a fission product in a subcritical, DT accelerator-driven low enriched uranium salt solution.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1240813
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-16-21406; TRN: US1600678
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS
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