Print Email Facebook Twitter Estimation of 99Mo production rates from natural molybdenum in research reactors Title Estimation of 99Mo production rates from natural molybdenum in research reactors Author Blaauw, Menno (TU Delft RST/Applied Radiation & Isotopes) Ridikas, D. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna) Baytelesov, S. (Institute of Nuclear Physics Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences) Salas, P. S Bedregal (Instituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear Lima) Chakrova, Y. (Institute of Nuclear Physics of Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan) Eun-Ha, Cho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) Dahalan, R. (Malaysian Nuclear Agency) Fortunato, A. H. (Instituto Nacionale de Investigciones Nucleares) Jacimovic, R. (Jozef Stefan Institute) Kling, A. (Lisbon Technical University) Muñoz, L. (Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear (CCHEN)) Mohamed, N. M A (Atomic Energy Authority (AEA)) Párkányi, D. (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Singh, T. (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) Van Dong Duong, Dong Duong (Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute) Date 2017-01-01 Abstract Molybdenum-99 is one of the most important radionuclides for medical diagnostics. In 2015, the International Atomic Energy Agency organized a round-robin exercise where the participants measured and calculated specific saturation activities achievable for the 98Mo(n,γ)99Mo reaction. This reaction is of interest as a means to locally, and on a small scale, produce 99Mo from natural molybdenum. The current paper summarises a set of experimental results and reviews the methodology for calculating the corresponding saturation activities. Activation by epithermal neutrons and also epithermal neutron self-shielding are found to be of high importance in this case. Subject Epithermal neutron self-shieldingMo-99Research reactor utilizationTc-99 m production To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d7e2d243-6f5c-43aa-8f96-971d248492f5 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-5036-6 ISSN 0236-5731 Source Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 311 (1), 409-418 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 Menno Blaauw, D. Ridikas, S. Baytelesov, P. S Bedregal Salas, Y. Chakrova, Cho Eun-Ha, R. Dahalan, A. H. Fortunato, R. Jacimovic, A. Kling, L. Muñoz, N. M A Mohamed, D. Párkányi, T. Singh, Dong Duong Van Dong Duong Files PDF 10.1007_s10967_016_5036_6.pdf 557.9 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d7e2d243-6f5c-43aa-8f96-971d248492f5/datastream/OBJ/view