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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.”
P. Cosgrove, E. Shwageraus, J. Leppänen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 197 | Number 8 | August 2023 | Pages 1681-1699
Technical papers from: PHYSOR 2022 | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2022.2106732
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Inline algorithms have been proposed for coupling Monte Carlo neutron transport solvers with several other physics, such as xenon and iodine densities and thermal hydraulics. This paper proposes a new inline algorithm that can be applied to burnup calculations. The algorithm is a modification of the predictor-corrector method, where the corrector-step nuclide densities are converged simultaneously with the fission source. This could, in principle, obviate the need for two full neutronics solutions per time-step while still allowing the accuracy of predictor-corrector methods with improved stability. This paper describes the algorithm and demonstrates its stability properties through a Fourier analysis. Although not unconditionally stable, judicious use of batching and relaxation are shown to greatly improve the algorithm’s stability properties in realistic systems.