Surrogate isotope-containing materials for emergency response training and Methods of formation and dispersal

Patent · 15 March 2022

OSTI ID:1892710

Carney, Kevin P.; Finck, Martha R.; Horkley, Jared J.; Kinlaw, Mathew T.; Pfeiffer, Jana K.; May, Erin M.; Snow, Mathew S.; Mann, Nicholas R.; McGrath, Christopher Andrew

Surrogate materials are in the form of solid particles that include surrogate isotopes, namely, short-lived isotopes selected and formed to serve as surrogates for the radioactive materials of a nuclear fallout without including isotopes that are, or that decay to, biologically or environmentally deleterious and persistent isotopes. The surrogate material may be formed using high-purity reactant material and irradiation and separation techniques that enable tailoring of the isotopes and ratios thereof included in the surrogate material, and the surrogate material may be dispersed, e.g., in a training environment, in solid form.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
• Patent Number(s): 11,276,508
• Application Number: 16/228,465
• OSTI ID: 1892710
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English