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Pulsed Electric Current Sintering of MoO$$_{3}$$ for Production of Radioactive Isotopes

Suematsu, Hisayuki*; Sato, Soma*; Seki, Misaki*  ; Nanko, Makoto*; Nishikata, Kaori  ; Suzuki, Yoshitaka   ; Tsuchiya, Kunihiko ; Suzuki, Tsuneo*; Nakayama, Tadachika*; Niihara, Koichi*

$$^{99m}$$Tc has been utilized as a radioactive isotope in medical applications. The majority of this isotope has been separated from nuclear fission products in testing reactors with highly enriched $$^{235}$$U fuel. However, these reactors have been shut down because of the age and the nuclear security reasons. On the other hand, a nuclear reaction method has been proposed. This method is to irradiate $$^{98}$$Mo by neutrons in a reactor to form $$^{98}$$Mo and then to decay to $$^{99m}$$Tc. As the target, MoO$$_{3}$$ pellets are required. However, because of the low evaporation temperature (700 $$^{circ}$$C) and coarse grain size of $$^{98}$$Mo enriched powder, it was difficult to obtain high density MoO$$_{3}$$ pellets. To overcome this problem, a two-step loading method in pulsed electric current sintering was carried out in this study.

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