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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.”
Matthew Boraas, Sudarshan K. Loyalka
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 193 | Number 3 | March 2019 | Pages 211-232
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2018.1516953
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
While many issues affect the composition and quantity of the nuclear source term, one significant factor is the existence of aerosols. These aerosols, found in the containment structure and in the primary reactor vessel, are usually simulated with the assumption that they are spatially homogeneous. We describe here new investigations of the applications of the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method and a mesh-free technique to spatially inhomogeneous aerosol evolution in a number of nonspherical and complex geometries. Deposition, coagulation, and condensation aerosol processes are included, and results are reported for a sphere, ellipsoid, torus, elliptical cylinder, cuboid, and a spherical geometry containing an internal obstruction. Our progress here is a precursor to construction of an MCNP-like code for simulating aerosol evolution.