Recycle of enriched Mo targets for economic production of 99Mo/99mTc medical isotope without use of enriched uranium
Abstract
A new recycle process for recovery of enriched 98Mo or 100Mo used for production of 99Mo/99mTc medical isotope was developed. In this process, Mo is precipitated from spent NorthStar Mo/Tc generator solution containing ~200 g/L Mo as K2MoO4 in 5 M KOH using acetic acid and then washed with nitric acid. High purification factors from potassium were achieved, and typical Mo recovery yields were ~95 %. In conclusion, the recycle process was performed with up to 260 g of Mo per batch and can be easily implemented for processing of up to 400 g of Mo.
- Authors:
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1399098
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 308; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Mo-99; accelerator; enriched molybdenum; production; purification; recovery
Citation Formats
Tkac, Peter, and Vandegrift, George F. Recycle of enriched Mo targets for economic production of 99Mo/99mTc medical isotope without use of enriched uranium. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4357-1.
Tkac, Peter, & Vandegrift, George F. Recycle of enriched Mo targets for economic production of 99Mo/99mTc medical isotope without use of enriched uranium. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4357-1
Tkac, Peter, and Vandegrift, George F. Sun .
"Recycle of enriched Mo targets for economic production of 99Mo/99mTc medical isotope without use of enriched uranium". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4357-1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1399098.
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title = {Recycle of enriched Mo targets for economic production of 99Mo/99mTc medical isotope without use of enriched uranium},
author = {Tkac, Peter and Vandegrift, George F.},
abstractNote = {A new recycle process for recovery of enriched 98Mo or 100Mo used for production of 99Mo/99mTc medical isotope was developed. In this process, Mo is precipitated from spent NorthStar Mo/Tc generator solution containing ~200 g/L Mo as K2MoO4 in 5 M KOH using acetic acid and then washed with nitric acid. High purification factors from potassium were achieved, and typical Mo recovery yields were ~95 %. In conclusion, the recycle process was performed with up to 260 g of Mo per batch and can be easily implemented for processing of up to 400 g of Mo.},
doi = {10.1007/s10967-015-4357-1},
journal = {Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry},
number = 1,
volume = 308,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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