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Tanase, Masakazu*; Fujisaki, Saburo*; Ota, Akio*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Yamabayashi, Hisamichi*; Takeuchi, Nobuhiro*; Tsuchiya, Kunihiko; Kimura, Akihiro; Suzuki, Yoshitaka; Ishida, Takuya; et al.
Radioisotopes, 65(5), p.237 - 245, 2016/05
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Ishida, Takuya; Shiina, Takayuki*; Ota, Akio*; Kimura, Akihiro; Nishikata, Kaori; Shibata, Akira; Tanase, Masakazu*; Kobayashi, Masaaki*; Sano, Tadafumi*; Fujihara, Yasuyuki*; et al.
JAEA-Technology 2015-030, 42 Pages, 2015/11
The research and development (R&D) on the production of Mo/
Tc by neutron activation method ((n,
) method) using JMTR has been carried out in the Neutron Irradiation and Testing Reactor Center. The specific radioactivity of
Mo by (n,
) method is extremely low compared with that by fission method ((n,f) method), and as a result, the radioactive concentration of the obtained
Tc solution is also lowered. To solve the problem, we propose the solvent extraction with methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) for recovery of
Tc from
Mo produced by (n,
) method. We have developed the
Mo/
Tc separation/extraction/concentration devices and have carried out the performance tests for recovery of
Tc from
Mo produced by (n,
) method. In this paper, in order to establish an experimental system for
Mo/
Tc production, the R&D results of the system are summarized on the improvement of the devices for high-recovery rate of
Tc, on the dissolution of the pellets, which is the high-density molybdenum trioxide (MoO
) pellets irradiated in Kyoto University Research Reactor (KUR), on the production of
Tc, and on the inspection of the recovered
Tc solutions.
Hashimoto, Kazuyuki; Nagai, Yasuki; Kawabata, Masako; Sato, Nozomi*; Hatsukawa, Yuichi; Saeki, Hideya; Motoishi, Shoji*; Ota, Masayuki; Konno, Chikara; Ochiai, Kentaro; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 84(4), p.043202_1 - 043202_4, 2015/04
Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:51.13(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Kawabata, Masako; Nagai, Yasuki; Hashimoto, Kazuyuki; Saeki, Hideya; Motoishi, Shoji*; Sato, Nozomi*; Ota, Akio*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Kawauchi, Yukimasa*
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 84(2), p.023201_1 - 023201_4, 2015/02
Times Cited Count:6 Percentile:46.87(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Tc for medical use can be separated by thermochromatography from a molten
MoO
sample. Effect of moist oxygen gas on the
Tc release from molten
MoO
samples was investigated using a
Mo/
Tc generator.
Mo was produced with
Mo(n,2n)
Mo. A new phenomenon has been observed: release rate, separation- and recovery-efficiencies of
Tc were higher in the moist oxygen gas than those in the dry oxygen gas. The present result is a significant progress towards the stable production of a high quality
Tc from a molten MoO
sample with high separation efficiency. The result would also give us a new insight into the interaction between the moist oxygen gas and the molten MoO
.
Nishikata, Kaori; Kimura, Akihiro; Ishida, Takuya; Shiina, Takayuki*; Ota, Akio*; Tanase, Masakazu*; Tsuchiya, Kunihiko
JAEA-Technology 2014-034, 34 Pages, 2014/10
As a part of utilization expansion after the Japan Material Testing Reactor (JMTR) re-start, research and development (R&D) on the production of medical radioisotope Mo/
Tc by (n,
) method using JMTR has been carried out in the Neutron Irradiation and Testing Reactor Center of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.
Mo is usually produced by fission method. On the other hand,
Mo/
Tc production by the (n,
) method has advantages for radioactive waste, cost reduction and non-proliferation. However, the specific radioactivity per unit volume by the (n,
) method is low compared with the fission method, and that is the weak point of the (n,
) method. This report summarizes the investigation of raw materials, the fabrication tests of high-density MoO
pellets by the plasma sintering method for increasing of
Mo contents and the characterization of sintered high-density MoO
pellets.
Kimura, Akihiro; Awaludin, R.*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Tanase, Masakazu*; Kawauchi, Yukimasa*; Gunawan, A. H.*; Lubis, H.*; Sriyono*; Ota, Akio*; Genka, Tsuguo; et al.
Proceedings of 3rd Asian Symposium on Material Testing Reactors (ASMTR 2013), p.109 - 115, 2013/11
Tc is generated by decay of
Mo. Production of
Mo is carried out by (n,f) method with high enriched uranium targets, and the production are currently producing to meet about 95% of global supply. Recently, it is difficult to carry out a stable supply for some problems such as aging of reactors etc. Furthermore, the production has difficulties in nuclear proliferation resistance etc. Thus, (n,
) method has lately attracted considerable attention. The (n,
) method has several advantages, but the extremely low specific activity makes its uses less convenient than (n,f) method. We proposed a method based on the solvent extraction, followed by adsorption of
Tc with alumina column. In this paper, a practical production of
Tc was tried by the method with 1Ci of
Mo produced in MPR-30. The recovery yields were approximately 70%. Impurity of
Mo was less than 4.0
10
% and the radiochemical purity was over 99.2%.
Tsuchiya, Kunihiko; Nishikata, Kaori; Tanase, Masakazu*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Ota, Akio*; Kobayashi, Masaaki*; Yamamoto, Asaki*; Morikawa, Yasumasa*; Takeuchi, Nobuhiro*; Kaminaga, Masanori; et al.
Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Material Testing Reactors (ISMTR-6) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2013/10
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Kimura, Akihiro; Awaludin, R.*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Tanase, Masakazu*; Kawauchi, Yukimasa*; Gunawan, A. H.*; Lubis, H.*; Sriyono*; Ota, Akio*; Genka, Tsuguo; et al.
Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Material Testing Reactors (ISMTR-6) (Internet), 7 Pages, 2013/10
JP, 2011-173260This research is development of Tc production.
Tc is generated by decay of
Mo. The supply of
Mo in Japan depends entirely on the import from foreign countries. Thus, it is needed to supply
Mo stably by the domestic manufacturing. A practical production of
Tc was tried by the method with 1 Ci of
Mo produced in MPR-30. The results showed that the recovery yields were approximately 70%. The concentration of the product obtained was estimated to be corresponding to about 30 GBq (800 mCi)/ml when 150g of MoO
was irradiated for 5 days in MPR-30. Impurity of
Mo was less than 4.4
10
%, which was lower than that of Japanese tentative regulation criteria. The radiochemical purity was higher than 99.8% that cleared the tentative regulation (95%) of Japan.
Nagai, Yasuki; Hashimoto, Kazuyuki; Hatsukawa, Yuichi; Saeki, Hideya; Motoishi, Shoji; Sonoda, Nozomi; Kawabata, Masako; Harada, Hideo; Kin, Tadahiro*; Tsukada, Kazuaki; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 82(6), p.064201_1 - 064201_7, 2013/06
Times Cited Count:41 Percentile:85.53(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Nishikata, Kaori; Kimura, Akihiro; Shiina, Takayuki*; Ota, Akio*; Tanase, Masakazu*; Tsuchiya, Kunihiko
Proceedings of 2012 Powder Metallurgy World Congress & Exhibition (PM 2012) (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2013/02
The renewed Japan Materials Testing Reactor (JMTR) will be started from 2012, and it is expected to contribute to many nuclear fields. Especially, in case of Japan, the supplying of Mo depends on imports from foreign countries. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has a plan to produce
Mo, which is the parent nuclide of radiopharmaceutical
Tc, and JAEA has performed the R&D for
Mo production by (n,
) method in JMTR. Generally, molybdenum oxide (MoO
) is the most popular chemical form as irradiation target for the
Mo production. However, the
Mo production capacity is low because of low (n,
) cross section and isotope composition of
Mo in Mo. Thus, it is necessary to fabricate the MoO
pellets with high density for the increase of the
Mo production amount. In this study, MoO
pellets fabricated by a plasma activated sintering were developed and characterization of MoO
pellets was carried out.
Tanase, Masakazu*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Kimura, Akihiro; Nishikata, Kaori; Fujisaki, Saburo*; Ota, Akio*; Kobayashi, Masaaki*; Yamamoto, Asaki*; Kawauchi, Yukimasa*; Tsuchiya, Kunihiko; et al.
Proceedings of 5th International Symposium on Material Testing Reactors (ISMTR-5) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2012/10
Tc is used as a radiopharmaceutical and manufactured from the parent nuclide of
Mo. Extraction method of
Tc from (n,
)
Mo have been developed, as a part of the industrial use expansion after JMTR will re-start. In this research, the method proposed would be applicable to a practical production of
Tc obtained from (n,
)
Mo in large quantities. The method proposed would be applicable to a practical production of
Tc obtained from (n,
)
Mo in large quantities.
Tanase, Masakazu*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Ota, Akio*; Fujisaki, Saburo*; Kawauchi, Yukimasa*; Kimura, Akihiro; Nishikata, Kaori; Yonekawa, Minoru; Ishida, Takuya; Kato, Yoshiaki; et al.
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Preliminary studies for obtaining Tc from, (n,
)
Mo produced in JMTR has been carried out, as a part of the industrial use expansion after JMTR will re-start. In order to obtain high specific-volume of
Tc, a method was proposed for extracting
Tc with MEK, followed by purification and concentration with acidic and basic alumina. In this study, preliminary tests, aiming construction of production system, were carried out using Re instead of
Tc because Re and Tc are homologous elements. The average recovery yield of Re was very high to be 98%. Based on the result, an apparatus for
Tc production was assembled.
Tsuchiya, Kunihiko; Tanase, Masakazu*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Ota, Akio*; Kobayashi, Masaaki*; Morikawa, Yasumasa*; Yamamoto, Asaki*; Kaminaga, Masanori; Kawamura, Hiroshi
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Nishikata, Kaori; Kimura, Akihiro; Shiina, Takayuki*; Yamamoto, Asaki*; Ishida, Takuya; Ota, Akio*; Tanase, Masakazu*; Takeuchi, Nobuhiro*; Morikawa, Yasumasa*; Kobayashi, Masaaki*; et al.
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Nagai, Yasuki; Kawabata, Masako; Sato, Nozomi*; Hashimoto, Kazuyuki; Saeki, Hideya; Motoishi, Shoji*; Hatsukawa, Yuichi; Ota, Akio; Shiina, Takayuki; Kawauchi, Yukimasa
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Tc, the daughter nuclide of
Mo, is widely used for medical diagnosis. In Japan, about 0.9 million diagnostic procedures are carried out using
Tc.
Mo has been mostly produced using
U in research reactors. Because of recent shortages of
Mo, a variety of alternative production methods of
Mo or
Tc were proposed. We proposed to produce
Mo by
Mo(n,2n) using neutrons from an accelerator. The route is characterized to produce a large quantity of high-quality
Mo with a minimum level of radioactive wastes, since the cross section of the
Mo(n,2n)
Mo reaction at 11
En
18 MeV is large, and the cross sections of the (n,He), (n,n'p), and (n,p) reactions on
Mo are quite small. Intense neutrons are available because of recent progresses of accelerator and target technologies. In the talk, we show our recent experimental results to obtain
Tc with high-quality using
Mo produced by
Mo(n,2n).
Shibata, Akira; Ishida, Takuya; Shiina, Takayuki*; Kobayashi, Masaaki*; Tanase, Masakazu*; Kato, Yoshiaki; Kimura, Akihiro; Ota, Akio*; Yamamoto, Asaki*; Morikawa, Yasumasa*; et al.
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Tc, a daughter nuclide of
Mo, is commonly used as a radiopharmaceutical. In case of Japan, all of
Mo are imported from foreign countries. R&D for domestic production of
Mo by the (n,
) method has been being performed in JMTR from viewpoints of nuclear proliferation resistance and waste management. In this study, experiments of
Mo/
Tc production were performed to enhance recovery yields of
Tc. High-density MoO
pellets were irradiated in the Kyoto University Reactor (KUR). Solvent extraction method with MEK was used to extract
Tc from
Mo/
Tc solution and the maximum recovery yields as high as 80% was achieved. Quality tests were performed, and impurities in
Tc solution were evaluated and were efficiently low. It is concluded that
Tc solution produced by this method is suitable for a raw material of radiopharmaceutical.
Kawabata, Masako*; Nagai, Yasuki; Hashimoto, Kazuyuki; Hatsukawa, Yuichi; Motoishi, Shoji*; Saeki, Hideya*; Sato, Nozomi*; Ota, Akio*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Kawauchi, Yukimasa*; et al.
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Kawabata, Masako*; Hashimoto, Kazuyuki; Motoishi, Shoji*; Saeki, Hideya*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Ota, Akio*; Takeuchi, Nobuhiro*; Nagai, Yasuki
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Shiina, Takayuki*; Tsuchiya, Kunihiko; Nagai, Yasuki; Morikawa, Yasumasa*; Takeuchi, Nobuhiro*
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According to statistical data reported by the Japan Radioisotope Association (JRIA) in 2014, the Mo/
Tc generator and
Tc injections (
Tc labeled pharmaceuticals) continues to account for approximately 80% of the entire in-vivo supply in Japan. Furthermore, the number of
Tc injection supplies is approximately four times larger than that of the
Mo/
Tc generator. Therefore, Chiyoda Technol Co. have performed a research and development (R&D) for the domestic production of
Tc in cooperation with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and FUJIFILM RI pharma Co., Ltd. to ensure a constant and reliable supply of
Tc. CTC therefore has a plan to stably produce
Tc from
Mo, which can be produced by the
Mo(n,
) reaction using the Japan Materials Testing Reactor (JMTR) and by the
Mo(n,2n) reaction using some new cyclotrons, and thereby to meet the Japanese demand for
Tc together with pharmaceutical companies in Japan. These production methods of
Mo were selected from viewpoints of safety, nuclear proliferation resistance and waste management. The specific activity of
Mo produced by these methods, however, is very low compared with that of (n,f)
Mo. Therefore, it is essential to develop some techniques for separation, concentration and recovery of
Tc, and it will be necessary to choose the best methods such as a wet method by solvent extraction and a dry method by sublimation, finally. In future, we aim to provide to about 20% of the domestic demand for
Mo using the JMTR and cyclotrons, 100-200 6-day Ci per week at the end of irradiation, and will carry out empirical studies for the commercial production of
Tc.
Ishida, Takuya; Shiina, Takayuki*; Ota, Akio*; Suzuki, Yoshitaka; Shibata, Akira; Nishikata, Kaori; Kimura, Akihiro; Tanase, Masakazu*; Kobayashi, Masaaki*; Sano, Tadafumi*; et al.
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Technetium-99m (Tc) is one of the radioisotopes which are used most as radiopharmaceuticals, and it is obtained from the parent nuclide of Molybdenum-99 (
Mo). However, the specific radioactivity of
Mo by (n,
) method is extremely low compared with that by fission method ((n,f) method), and as a result, the radioactive concentration of the extracted
Tc solution is also low. Thus, it is necessary for the high radioactive concentration of the
Tc solution to develop the
Mo/
Tc separation/extraction/concentration method. In this study, the experiments of
Mo/
Tc production were performed to enhance recovery yields of
Tc and to get a high quality of
Tc product. The procedures are described as follows. (1) High-density MoO
pellets were irradiated in the Kyoto University Research Reactor (KUR). (2)
Tc was extracted with MEK. (3)
Tc extracted in MEK was purified and concentrated with acidic alumina column. (4) Product of
Tc solution was checked in several factors such as radionuclidic and radiochemical purities. The irradiated MoO
pellets were dissolved in 6M-NaOH and the
Mo/
Tc solution was treated with the devices. From the results, the
Tc recovery yields achieved 80
5% of our goal. Finally, the extracted
Tc solution passed the quality inspection of six items.
Tsuchiya, Kunihiko; Suzuki, Yoshitaka; Nishikata, Kaori; Shibata, Akira; Nakamura, Natsuki; Tanase, Masakazu*; Shiina, Takayuki*; Ota, Akio*; Kawabata, Masako*; Takeuchi, Nobuhiro*
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