Engineering topics

Youker, A. J.

Publications and source records attributed to Youker, A. J..

4 records

DOE OSTI2021

Irradiation of 20L LEU Uranyl Sulfate Solution for Production of Mo-99

Argonne National Laboratory, with support from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Material Management and Minimization, is assisting SHINE Medical Technologies in the development of accelerator-driven production of 99 Mo using low-enriched uranium (LEU). Technetium-99m ( 99m Tc), a daughter of 99 Mo, is a workhorse of nuclear medicine, used in approximately 40,000 medical testing procedures each day just in the U.S.

07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES↗

DOE OSTI2017

Production of Medical Isotopes with Electron Linacs

Radioisotopes play important roles in numerous areas ranging from medical treatments to national security and basic research. Radionuclide production technology for medical applications has been pursued since the early 1900s both commercially and in nuclear science centers. Many medical isotopes are now in routine production and are used in day-to-day medical procedures. Despite these advancements, research is accelerating around the world to improve the existing production methodologies as well as to develop novel radionuclides for new medical appli-cations. Electron linear accelerators (linacs) represent a unique method for the production of radioisotopes. Even though the basic technology has been around for decades, only recently have electron linacs capable of producing photons with sufficient energy and flux for radioisotope production become available. Housed in Argonne Nation-al Laboratory’s Low Energy Accelerator Facility (LEAF) is a newly upgraded 55 MeV/25-kW electron linear ac-celerator, capable of producing a wide range of radioiso-topes. This talk will focus on the work being performed for the production of the medical isotopes 99Mo (99Mo/99mTc generator), 67Cu, and 47Sc.

Cu-67↗

DOE OSTI2016

Accelerator-Driven Production of Fission 99Mo

I{esults al'e reportecl for the procluction of eeMo l'rom the accelerator-clriveu subcritical fission of a low enriohed uranir¡m (Ltju) aqì.reous solution. Phase I ol'these experiments used a 5 L r.rranyl sulfate solution with a eeMo encl-of-irracliation produotion limit of 2 Ci. The separation, recovery, and pulification of eeMo were demonstrated Lrsing the recyclecl solution. Fission product paltitioriing tl'ends will be shown for the recovery colutt'ttt, concentratiorl colurnn, and LE,U Modified Cintichem prooess. The results fi'om a 1.4 Ci oeMo production run, where the fìnal product was seut to GE Flealthcare for testing, will be highlightecl. The information gained cluring Phase ì lias signilìcantly irnpacted the clesign and implernentation of Phase ll. Phase II focuses on an end-of-irradiation ploduction of 20 Ci of eeMo and a fissior'ì power density similar to the production fàcility in a20 L LìlU uranyl sulfate solution.

accelerator↗

DOE OSTI2015

Micro-Bubble Experiments at the Van de Graaff Accelerator

In order to test and verify the experimental designs at the linear accelerator (LINAC), several micro-scale bubble ("micro-bubble") experiments were conducted with the 3-MeV Van de Graaff (VDG) electron accelerator. The experimental setups included a square quartz tube, sodium bisulfate solution with different concentrations, cooling coils, gas chromatography (GC) system, raster magnets, and two high-resolution cameras that were controlled by a LabVIEW program. Different beam currents were applied in the VDG irradiation. Bubble generation (radiolysis), thermal expansion, thermal convection, and radiation damage were observed in the experiments. Photographs, videos, and gas formation (O 2 + H 2 ) data were collected. The micro-bubble experiments at VDG indicate that the design of the full-scale bubble experiments at the LINAC is reasonable.

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS↗