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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2009
Applicant:
Gregory Piefer, Middleton, WI (US);
Inventor:
Gregory Piefer, Middleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
SHINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Janesville, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 5/08 (2006.01); G21G 1/08 (2006.01); G21B 1/01 (2006.01); G21C 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/08 (2013.01); G21B 1/01 (2013.01); G21C 1/303 (2013.01); Y02E 30/10 (2013.01); Y02E 30/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid nuclear reactor for producing a medical isotope includes an ion source for producing an ion beam from a gas, a target chamber including a target that interacts with the ion beam to produce neutrons, and an activation cell positioned proximate the target chamber and including a parent material that interacts with the neutrons to produce the medical isotope via a fission reaction.