| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus and method for treating long-lived radioisotopes and transmuting them into short-lived radioisotopes through applied nuclear physics. Nuclear reactions, specifically of the (η, n) type, also known as photodisintegration, are utilized to accomplish this transmutation from a radioisotope of given atomic mass to that of lower atomic mass. A radioactive element (1) is irradiated by high-energy photons, preferably in the form of gamma rays. The gamma rays are absorbed by the nucleus of the radioactive element placing it in an excited state. Upon relaxation from the excited state, the nucleus ejects a neutron, thereby transmuting the element to an isotope of lower atomic mass and shorter half-life.</p> |
