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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2004
Russell Morgan Fawcett, Atkinson, NC (US);
Randy Peter Gonzales, Wilmington, NC (US);
Russell Patrick Higgins, Wilmington, NC (US);
Robert Bryant James, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael Thomas Kiernan, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Earl Russell, Ii, Wilmington, NC (US);
Steven Bruce Shelton, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Grey Smith, Leland, NC (US);
Russell Edward Stachowski, Wilmington, NC (US);
Lukas Trosman, Wilmington, NC (US);
Russell Morgan Fawcett, Atkinson, NC (US);
Randy Peter Gonzales, Wilmington, NC (US);
Russell Patrick Higgins, Wilmington, NC (US);
Robert Bryant James, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael Thomas Kiernan, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Earl Russell, II, Wilmington, NC (US);
Steven Bruce Shelton, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Grey Smith, Leland, NC (US);
Russell Edward Stachowski, Wilmington, NC (US);
Lukas Trosman, Wilmington, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In a method of producing isotopes in a light water power reactor, one or more targets within the reactor may be irradiated under a neutron flux to produce one or more isotopes. The targets may be assembled into one or more fuel bundles that are to be loaded in a core of the reactor at a given outage. Power operations in the reactor irradiate the fuel bundles so as to generate desired isotopes, such as one or more radioisotopes at a desired specific activity or stable isotopes at a desired concentration.