Method of producing isotopes in a nuclear reactor with an irradiation target retention system

• Main Authors: Gilman Nicholas R, Hatton Heather, Russell, II William Earl, Allen Melissa
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.03.2017
• Subjects: CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PHYSICS; PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OFNEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMICBEAMS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES

Example embodiments are directed to methods of producing desired isotopes in commercial nuclear reactors using instrumentation tubes conventionally found in nuclear reactor vessels to expose irradiation targets to neutron flux found in the operating nuclear reactor. Example embodiments include assem...