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First astatine-labeled compound shipped in the U.S.
The Department of Energy’s National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) on March 31 announced the successful long-distance shipment in the United States of a biologically active compound labeled with the medical radioisotope astatine-211 (At-211). Because previous shipments have included only the “bare” isotope, the NIDC has described the development as “unleashing medical innovation.”
Erlan Batyrbekov, Mendykhan Khasenov, Mazhyn Skakov, Yuriy Gordienko, Kuanysh Samarkhanov, Andrey Kotlyar, Alexandr Miller, Vadim Bochkov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 80 | Number 3 | May 2024 | Pages 520-529
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2229682
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This paper examines in situ spectroscopic measurements of nuclear-excited plasma of noble gases excited by 6Li(n,α)3H nuclear reaction products in the core of a nuclear reactor. A thin layer of lithium applied on the walls of the experimental device, stabilized in the matrix of the capillary-porous structure, serves as a source of gas excitation. During in-pile tests conducted at the IGR research reactor, thermal neutrons interact via the 6Li(n,α)3H reaction, and the emergent α-particles with a kinetic energy of 2.05 MeV and tritium ions with a kinetic energy of 2.73 MeV excite the noble gas (Ar) medium. The intensity of tritium release from the lithium layer in noble gases was estimated by the intensity of the α-line of the Balmer series of the tritium atom 3Hα (656.2 nm). A tritium release was observed at 710 K due to the beginning of desorption of thermalized tritium atoms dissolved in the liquid phase of lithium. The results are of interest in terms of clarifying the mechanisms and developing models that allow for describing the processes of generation, diffusion, and release of tritium from lithium during neutron irradiation.