Production of thorium-229 using helium nuclei

Mirzadeh, Saed; Garland, Marc Alan

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Title: Production of thorium-229 using helium nuclei

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A method for producing .sup.229Th includes the steps of providing .sup.226Ra as a target material, and bombarding the target material with alpha particles, helium-3, or neutrons to form .sup.229Th. When neutrons are used, the neutrons preferably include an epithermal neutron flux of at least 1.times.10.sup.13 n s.sup.-1cm.sup.-2. .sup.228Ra can also be bombarded with thermal and/or energetic neutrons to result in a neutron capture reaction to form .sup.229Th. Using .sup.230Th as a target material, .sup.229Th can be formed using neutron, gamma ray, proton or deuteron bombardment.

Inventors:

Mirzadeh, Saed ^[1]; Garland, Marc Alan ^[1]

Knoxville, TN

Issue Date:: 2010-12-14

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1009533

Patent Number(s):: 7852975

Application Number:: 12/422,679

Assignee:: UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21G - CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS

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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21G - CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
G21G1/06 - by neutron irradiation
G21G1/10 - by bombardment with electrically charged particles
G21G4/08 - specially adapted for medical application

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Title: Production of thorium-229 using helium nuclei

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Fission fragment yields in the fission of Th 232 by protons of energies 8 to 22 MeV journal, June 1982

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Reply to Vargas and de Soto: On the determination of 223Ra and 224Ra from their daughter products in electrodeposited sources of radium journal, January 1996

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Fission of Ra 226 by 11-Mev Protons journal, February 1958

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Production of actinium-225 for alpha particle mediated radioimmunotherapy journal, May 2005

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Generator-produced alpha-emitters journal, April 1998

Fission Energetics and Neutron Emission in 13-MeV Proton-Induced Fission of Ra 226 journal, August 1968

Fission fragment yields in the fission of ${}^{232}{Th}$ by protons of energies 8 to 22 MeV
journal, June 1982

Giant resonance for the actinide nuclei: Photoneutron and photofission cross sections for ${}^{235}U$ , ${}^{236}U$ , ${}^{238}U$ , and ${}^{232}{Th}$
journal, April 1980

Helium-Ion-Induced Fission of Bi, Pb, Tl, and Au
journal, April 1962

Reply to Vargas and de Soto: On the determination of 223Ra and 224Ra from their daughter products in electrodeposited sources of radium
journal, January 1996

On the determination of 223Ra and 224Ra from their daughter products in electrodeposited sources of radium
journal, January 1996

Fission of ${Ra}^{226}$ by 11-Mev Protons
journal, February 1958

Fission Fragment Angular Distributions in Charged-Particle-Induced Fission of ${Ra}^{226}$
journal, December 1964

Production of actinium-225 for alpha particle mediated radioimmunotherapy
journal, May 2005

Cyclotron production of Ac-225 for targeted alpha therapy11Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Franz Baumgärtner on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
journal, March 2005

Generator-produced alpha-emitters
journal, April 1998

Fission Energetics and Neutron Emission in 13-MeV Proton-Induced Fission of ${}^{226}{Ra}$
journal, August 1968