Method of producing isotopes in power nuclear reactors
CA 2831249 C · Owner: Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Llc · Inventors: Gonzales, Randy Peter; Russell, William Earl, Ii; Kiernan, Michael Thomas
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In a method of producing isotopes in a light water power reactor one or more targets (320) within the reactor may be irradiated under a neutron flux to produce one or more isotopes. The targets may be assembled into one or more fuel bundles (10) that are to be loaded in a core of the reactor at a given outage. Power operations in the reactor irradiate the fuel bundles so as to generate desired isotopes such as one or more radioisotopes at a desired specific activity or stable isotopes at a desired concentration.
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- Filed November 24, 2005 and granted August 25, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 24, 2025.
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