Author(s)

Vladimir D. Risovany, Konstantin V. Rotmanov, Genady I. Maslakov, Yury D. Goncharenko, Grigory A. Shimansky, Aleksandr I. Zvir, Irina M. Smirnova, Irina N. Kuchkina

Joint Stock Company, State Scientific Center—Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, Dimitrovgrad, Russia.

At present, there are two ways to produce ⁹⁹Mo in a reactor: 1) fission process—from U fission product by reaction ²³⁵U (n, f) ⁹⁹Mo and 2) activation process—by radiation capture reaction ⁹⁸Mo (n, γ) ⁹⁹Mo. This paper presents the results of experiments performed with molybdenum carbide nano-powder to produce ⁹⁹Mo. These results show the implementation of the above idea in practice.

Carbide Nano-Powder; Molybdenum-99; Activation Process; Fission Process

V. D. Risovany, K. V. Rotmanov, G. I. Maslakov, Y. D. Goncharenko, G. A. Shimansky, A. I. Zvir, I. M. Smirnova and I. N. Kuchkina, "Molybdenum Carbide Nano-Powder for Production of Mo-99 Radionuclides," World Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2012, pp. 58-63. doi: 10.4236/wjnst.2012.22010.