MOEX: Solvent extraction approach for recycling enriched 98Mo/100Mo material

Several promising pathways exist for the production of 99 Mo/ 99m Tc using enriched 98 Mo or 100 Mo. Use of Mo targets requires a major change in current generator technology, and the necessity for an efficient recycle pathway to recover valuable enriched Mo material. High recovery yields, purity, s...

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Published inSeparation science and technology Vol. 53; no. 12; pp. 1856 - 1863
Main Authors Tkac, Peter, Brown, M. Alex, Momen, Abdul, Wardle, Kent E., Copple, Jacqueline M., Vandegrift, George F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 13.08.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Automation
Decontamination
Enriched molybdenum
Enrichment
Materials recovery
Mo-99
Molybdenum
Organic chemistry
Potassium
recycle
Solvent extraction
Solvent extraction processes
Solvents
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Summary:Several promising pathways exist for the production of 99 Mo/ 99m Tc using enriched 98 Mo or 100 Mo. Use of Mo targets requires a major change in current generator technology, and the necessity for an efficient recycle pathway to recover valuable enriched Mo material. High recovery yields, purity, suitable chemical form and particle size are required. Results on the development of the MOEX - molybdenum solvent extraction - approach to recycle enriched Mo material are presented. The advantages of the MOEX process are very high decontamination factors from potassium and other elements, high throughput, easy scalability, automation and minimal waste generation.
ISSN:0149-6395
1520-5754
DOI:10.1080/01496395.2017.1287739