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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2022
Applicant:
Bwxt Isotope Technology Group, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin D. Fisher, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Earl B. Barger, Goode, VA (US);
William E. Russell, II, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
BWXT Isotope Technology Group, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 6/00 (2006.01); G21G 1/00 (2006.01); G21G 1/02 (2006.01); G21G 1/10 (2006.01); G21G 4/00 (2006.01); G21G 4/06 (2006.01); G21G 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 6/00 (2013.01); G21G 1/001 (2013.01); G21G 1/02 (2013.01); G21G 1/10 (2013.01); G21G 4/00 (2013.01); G21G 4/06 (2013.01); G21G 2001/0036 (2013.01); G21G 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An irradiation target for the production of radioisotopes, comprising at least one plate defining a central opening and an elongated central member passing through the central opening of the at least one plate so that the at least one plate is retained thereon, wherein the at least one plate and the elongated central member are both formed of materials that produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) by way of neutron capture.