Optimization of SHINE Process: Design and Verification of Plant-Scale AG 1 Anion-Exchange Concentration Column and Titania Sorbent Pretreatment

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1314088· OSTI ID:1314088

Stepinski, Dominique C. ^[1]; Abdul, Momen ^[1]; Youker, Amanda J. ^[1]; Rotsch, David A. ^[1]; Tkac, Peter ^[1]; Chemerisov, Sergey ^[1]; Vandegrift, George F. ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Nuclear Engineering Division

Argonne National Laboratory has developed a Mo-recovery and -purification system for the SHINE medical technologies process, which uses a uranyl sulfate solution for the accelerator-driven production of Mo-99. The objective of this effort is to reduce the processing time for the acidification of the Mo-99 product prior to loading onto a concentration column and concentration of the Mo-99 product solution. Two methods were investigated: (1) the replacement of the titania concentration column by an anion-exchange column to decrease processing time and increase the radioiodine-decontamination efficiency and (2) pretreatment of the titania sorbent to improve its effectiveness for the Mo-recovery and -concentration columns. Promising results are reported for both methods.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1314088
• Report Number(s): ANL/NE-16/7; 129360; TRN: US1601830
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
MOLYBDENUM 99
TITANIUM OXIDES
CONCENTRATION RATIO
ANIONS
ION EXCHANGE
DECONTAMINATION
DESIGN
OPTIMIZATION
VERIFICATION
ACIDIFICATION
EFFICIENCY
PURIFICATION
PILOT PLANTS
AG1 anion-exchange
Mo-99
concentration column