Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Nuclear medicine program progress report for quarter ending March 31, 1991

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5405032· OSTI ID:5405032

In this report the first fabrication and evaluation of an activated carbon-based osmium-194/iridium-194 generator system is described. Iridium-194 (t{sub {1/2}} = 19.2 h) decays by {Beta}{sup {minus}} emission (E{sub max} = 2.24 MeV) and is a potential candidate for radioimmunotherapy. An important characteristic is availability of {sup 194}Ir from decay of reactor-produced {sup 194}Os (t{sub {1/2}} = 6 y). A novel gas thermochromatographic method was developed for the one step conversion of metallic Os to OsO{sub 4} and subsequent separation and purification of OsO{sub 4}, which was then converted to the K{sub 2}OsCl{sub 6} for generator loading. The yield and the elution profile of carrier-free {sup 194}Ir, and {sup 194}Os breakthrough were determined for a prototype generator which was evaluated over a 10 month-period.l During this period several agents were also supplied to Medical Cooperative investigators, including iodine-123-labelled and iodine-125-labelled fatty acid analogues for studies at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. In addition, gold-198 and tungsten-188/-rhenium-188 generators were shipped to various investigators for therapeutic studies involving tumor-specific antibodies. 19 refs., 3 figs.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
5405032
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-11830; ON: DE91015942
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

The sup 194 Os/ sup 194 Ir generator: Production and purification of sup 194 Os
Conference · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1991 · OSTI ID:5925103

The {sup 194}Os/{sup 194}Ir generator: Production and purification of {sup 194}Os
Conference · Fri Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1992 · OSTI ID:10120231

Production of tungsten-188 and osmium-194 in a nuclear reactor for new clinical generators
Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · OSTI ID:5525933