METHOD OF PRODUCING ISOTOPES IN POWER NUCLEAR REACTORS

摘要

In a method of producing isotopes in a light water power reactor, one or more targets (320) 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 (10) 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.