Targets and methods for target preparation for radionuclide production

• Main Authors: KOKHANYUK VLADIMIR M, KONYAKHIN NICOLAI A, ZHUIKOV BORIS L, SRIVASTAVA SURESH C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.10.2012
• Subjects: CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OFNEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMICBEAMS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

The invention relates to nuclear technology, and to irradiation targets and their preparation. One embodiment of the present invention includes a method for preparation of a target containing intermetallic composition of antimony Ti-Sb, Al-Sb, Cu-Sb, or Ni-Sb in order to produce radionuclides (e.g., tin-117 m) with a beam of accelerated particles. The intermetallic compounds of antimony can be welded by means of diffusion welding to a copper backing cooled during irradiation on the beam of accelerated particles. Another target can be encapsulated into a shell made of metallic niobium, stainless steel, nickel or titanium cooled outside by water during irradiation. Titanium shell can be plated outside by nickel to avoid interaction with the cooling water.