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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2009
Melissa Allen, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Earl Russell, Ii, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Allan Rickard, Wilmington, NC (US);
Jigar Rajendra Shah, Wilmington, NC (US);
Melissa Allen, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Earl Russell, II, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Allan Rickard, Wilmington, NC (US);
Jigar Rajendra Shah, Wilmington, NC (US);
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
A target holding device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of target plates, each target plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the first surface has a plurality of holes. A shaft may be used to facilitate the alignment and joinder of the target plates such that the first surface of one target plate contacts a second surface of an adjacent target plate. The target holding device may optionally include end plates arranged to sandwich the target plates therebetween and/or separator plates alternately arranged with the target plates. The target holding device may be used to produce brachytherapy and/or radiography targets (e.g., seeds, wafers) in a reactor core such that the targets have relatively uniform activity.