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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Curium Us Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Luis Antonio M. M. Barbosa, Bergen, NL;
Frits Dekker, Callantsooq, NL;
Marjolijn Gerritsen, 'T Zand, NL;
Mark David Hermeler, Den Helder, NL;
Assignee:
Curium US LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/00 (2006.01); B01D 15/00 (2006.01); C01G 39/00 (2006.01); B01D 15/36 (2006.01); B01D 15/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/001 (2013.01); B01D 15/363 (2013.01); B01D 15/426 (2013.01); C01G 39/003 (2013.01); G21G 2001/0036 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for purifying the molybdenum-99 isotope are disclosed. Molybdenum-99 is loaded onto an anion exchange column and extracted. In some embodiments, the extraction solution may include nitric acid and nitrate salts. In other embodiments, a two stage elution is performed in which a nitric acid containing eluent and a hydroxide containing eluent are used in succession to extract molybdenum-99.