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Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Chiyoda Technol Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuki Nagai, Higashi-ibaraki-gun, JP;

Masako Kawabata, Higashi-ibaraki-gun, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/06 (2006.01); G21K 5/04 (2006.01); G21K 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/06 (2013.01); G21K 5/04 (2013.01); G21K 5/08 (2013.01); G21K 2201/068 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for producing radioisotopes. The method includes generating fast neutrons by irradiating a neutron producing target with a deuteron beam from a deuteron accelerator. These fast neutrons directly irradiate a first sample. The fast neutrons that pass through the first sample undergo multiple-scattering by a neutron scattering material made of a light element positioned around both the neutron producing target and the first sample. This arrangement generates various radioisotopes simultaneously in large amounts from both the first sample and a second sample through nuclear reactions. The method enables production of multiple radioisotopes in a single process for applications in medicine, research, education, agriculture, and industry.


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