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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.”
Trygve E. Eriksen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 70 | Number 2 | August 1985 | Pages 261-267
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT85-A33651
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Migration of I52Eu(III), 235Np(V), 237Pu(IV), 241Am(III), 99Tc(VII), and 99Tc(IV) was studied in natural fissures oriented parallel to the axis of granitic drill cores. A pulse of radionuclide solution was injected at one end of the fissure and the temporal change in radionuclide concentration of the effluent measured. At the end of each experiment the fissure was opened and the radionuclide distribution on the fissure surfaces measured. The radionuclide distribution ratios Ra, calculated from the measured retardation, correlate well to published distribution coefficients Kd. The increase in retardation of 235Np with increasing pH in the pH range 6 to 9 is in accordance with the hydrolytic equilibrium NpO2+ + OH‾ ⇄ NpO2(OH). Reduction of Tc(VII) to Tc(IV) resulted in a marked increase in retardation.
