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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Bwxt Isotope Technology Group, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Thomas G. Onderwater, Peterborough, CA;
Mark A. Alboino, Toronto, CA;
Benjamin D. Fisher, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Andrew F. Long, Peterborough, CA;
BWXT Isotope Technology Group, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A target irradiation system for irradiating a radioisotope target in a vessel penetration of a fission reactor, includes a target delivery assembly with a body defining a central bore, a basket that is slidably receivable within the central bore of the body, and a winch that is connected to the basket by a cable. The target delivery assembly is affixed to the vessel penetration of the reactor; and a target passage is in fluid communication with the target delivery assembly. The basket is configured to receive a radioisotope target therein via the target passage and be lowered into the vessel penetration of the reactor when irradiating the radioisotope target. The target delivery system forms a portion of the pressure boundary of the reactor when in fluid communication with the reactor.