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TerraPower announces second Ac-225 production facility
TerraPower Isotopes, a TerraPower subsidiary, plans to increase its actinium-225 production 20-fold by opening a new manufacturing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., and by expanding the capacity of its Everett, Wash., facility. On March 17, TerraPower Isotopes said it expects the new facility to begin producing the medical radioisotope for targeted alpha therapy in 2029.
W. F. Murphy, H. E. Strohm
Nuclear Technology | Volume 4 | Number 4 | April 1968 | Pages 222-229
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A26320
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Segments of Type-304L stainless-steel cladding from irradiated EBR-II fuel elements have been used for burst tests from room temperature to 1000°C. The cladding had accumulated exposures of (0.5 to 1.4) × 1022 n/cm2 (> 0.1 MeV) at temperatures between 370 and 500°C. In burst tests at ≤ 700°C, the greater strength was on the lower half of the irradiated cladding where the irradiation temperature was < 475°C. Tests at 800, 900, and 1000°C each showed uniform strength along the lengths of the cladding. The strength of the irradiated specimens decreased most rapidly with temperatures between 400 and 700°C. Unirradiated specimens were weaker than irradiated ones below 700°C; above 700°C, the unirradiated specimens were slightly stronger. The irradiated and the unirradiated specimens had low uniform strain (∼1 and ∼10%, respectively) at temperature of ∼ 400 to 500°C.