Radio of Nitrate and Sulfate Solutions

Technical Report · Mon Nov 19 23:00:00 EST 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1130737· OSTI ID:1130737

Kalensky, M. ^[1]; Chemerisov, S. ^[1]; Youker, A. J. ^[1]; Hebden, A. ^[1]; Tkac, P. ^[1]; Makarashvili, V. ^[1]; Krahn, E. ^[1]; Krebs, J. ^[1]; Quigley, K. ^[1]; Lowe, R. ^[1]; Bowers, D. ^[1]; Niak, S. ^[1]; Graczyk, D. ^[1]; Sullivan, V. ^[1]; Bakel, A. ^[1]; Vandegrift, G. F. ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) is assisting two of the potential domestic producers, Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Group (B&W) and Morgridge Institute for Research (MIR), in the development of a Mo-99 production pathway that do not use high enriched uranium (HEU), as part of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Global Threat Reduction Initiative’s (GTRI) program. B&W is developing the Medical Isotope Production System (MIPS); in this system, the Mo-99 is produced in a low enriched uranium (LEU)-fueled aqueous homogenous reactor (AHR) by the fission of U-235. MIR is developing the Subcritical Hybrid Intense Neutron Emitter (SHINE), which creates Mo-99 by neutroninduced fission of LEU in a sub-critical aqueous solution. One difference between the two is that MIR is considering aqueous uranyl-sulfate as the target solution, while B&W is planning to use aqueous uranyl nitrate as the fuel solution.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1130737
• Report Number(s): ANL/CSE--13/23
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH