Targeted Isotope Production System

摘要

A system and method for employing the in-core movable detectors of a commercial nuclear powered electric generating facility to transmute a user-specified target material into a desired isotope. The process is conducted remotely resulting in a shielded end product available for shipment for further processing.

主权项

1. A targeted isotope production system for a moveable in-core nuclear reactor detector system for mapping temperature or neutron flux in a core of a nuclear reactor, the in-core nuclear reactor detector system having a first multiple path linear transfer device that upon command, receives a detector and feeds the detector into a second multiple path linear transfer device that feeds the detector along a desired path to a selected radial core location, the second multiple path linear transfer device is alternately operable, upon command, to feed the detector through a storage conduit to a separate storage location, the targeted isotope production system comprising:
a target material container drive assembly that is connected to an input to the first multiple path linear transfer device; a third multiple path linear transfer device that has an input that is connected to the storage conduit and upon command is operable to connect the storage conduit to one of at least two outlets on the third multiple path linear transfer device, a first of the two outlets is connected to the separate storage location and a second outlet; and a target material storage container is connected to a second of the two outlets on the third multiple path linear transfer device.