METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND EXTRACTION OF MOLYBDENUM-99

摘要

The current invention involves a means for the production and extraction of the isotope molybdenum-99 for medical purposes in a waste free, simple, and economical process. Mo-99 is generated in the uranyl sulphate nuclear fuel of a homogeneous solution nuclear reactor and extracted from the fuel by a solid polymer sorbent with a greater than 90 % purity. The sorbent is composed of a composite ether of a maleic anhydride copolymer and alpha -benzoin-oxime.