Patent ID: 9076561
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G21G

Abstract:
1. A method for producing and extracting a radioisotope fission product, the method including: (a) providing a target including solid phase uranium oxide; (b) irradiating, by a nuclear reactor, the target with neutrons so as to convert a first portion of the solid phase uranium oxide into oxides of radioisotope fission products; (c) gaseously extracting at least one of the oxides from the irradiated target of step (b), said extracting comprising halogenating the at least one of the oxides using an extraction gas including Cl (d) irradiating, by the nuclear reactor, the first residual target of step (c) with neutrons so as to convert a second portion of the solid phase uranium oxide into oxides of the radioisotope fission products; and (e) gaseously extracting the at least one of the oxides from the irradiated first residual target of step (d), said extracting comprising halogenating the at least one of the oxides using the extraction gas so as to additionally produce at least one gas phase oxidized and halogenated radioisotope fission product.