Beamline Design and Beam Diagnostic for Mo-99 Production Facility Utilizing High Power Electron Accelerators
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Experimental Operations and Facilities Div.
NorthStar Medical Isotope, LLC, is planning to produce 99Mo through a γ,n reaction on 100Mo. This pathway for 99Mo production relies on the use of high-power electron accelerators, which are not currently commercially available. IBA Industrial announced in its Summer 2017 newsletter (http://iba-industrial.com/emailing/2017-beamline/index.html) that they have begun working on pulsed Rhodotron features (New Horizon project). This accelerator is capable of producing a high power and high energy electron beam suitable for production via a photonuclear route. Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne), in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), provided assistance to NorthStar in technology development. Over the course of several years, we have conducted several demonstrations of the technology that proved the feasibility of photo-nuclear approach. The target, designed by LANL, is composed of a series of 99Mo disks held in a target holder with cooling gaps between the thin disks. Cooling of the target is provided by flowing helium gas under high pressure through the target holderHandling the high-power beam requires a carefully designed beam transport system because of likely vacuum failure if the beam strikes an uncooled part of the system. This publication summarizes recommendations on the beam transport line equipment, costs, and on the optional components.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) - Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation - Office of Material Management and Minimization (M3)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1570007
- Report Number(s):
- ANL-19/10; 150825; TRN: US2000038
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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