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Exploring rapid chemical separations of Sc-47 produced from photonuclear reactions on natural vanadium targets

Journal Article · · Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Scandium-47 (47Sc) production via bremsstrahlung irradiation of natural vanadium targets offers significant advantages for producing high purity 47Sc; this work evaluates several rapid dissolution and chemical separation techniques for recovering high purity 47Sc from irradiated vanadium. Here, techniques developed are combined into a simple, gram-scale, semi-automated target processing system that enables 47Sc recovery from irradiated vanadium targets with chemical yields as high as 93 ± 3% and 47Sc/V separation factors of 6 ± 3 ·1011 within 90 min total processing times. Future research into H2O2 resistant separation techniques and their applicability for direct process coupling to chelation are recommended.
Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
1923287
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-22-68046-Rev000
Journal Information:
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 331; ISSN 0236-5731
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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