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dc.contributor.advisor | Novog, David | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sutherland, Zachary | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-08T20:55:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-08T20:55:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/23981 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In the field of nuclear medicine, radioisotopes are used for applications such as diagnostic imag- ing, treatment, and equipment sterilization. The most commonly used radioisotope in medicine is technetium-99m (Tc-99m). It is used in 80% of all nuclear medicine procedures. Its parent isotope is molybdenum-99 (Mo-99). NRU, which is now closed, formerly produced 40% of the worlds demand for Mo-99. The production capacity of this reactor has been supplemented by a network of cyclotrons and a modified research reactor. This study aims to provide an alternative means of production for Mo-99, as well as other radioisotopes by modifying the center pin of a standard 37-element bundle of a CANDU reactor. The neutron transport code DRAGON, and the neutron diffusion code DONJON were used to model a CANDU-9 reactor. The lowest, median, and highest power channels were chosen as candi- dates for the modified bundles. It was found that the reactor parameters were altered by a negligible amount when any one channel was used to house the modified bundles. Significant quantities of the radioisotope lutetium-177 as well as the generating isotopes of the alpha-emitting radioisotopes lead- 212/bismuth-212, and radium-223 were produced. However, only minute amounts of molybdenum-99, and the generating isotope of bismuth-213 were produced. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | lutetium-177 | en_US |
dc.subject | molybdenum-99 | en_US |
dc.subject | radium-223 | en_US |
dc.subject | lead-212 | en_US |
dc.subject | bismuth-212 | en_US |
dc.subject | Mo-99 | en_US |
dc.subject | radioisotope | en_US |
dc.subject | CANDU | en_US |
dc.subject | DRAGON | en_US |
dc.subject | DONJON | en_US |
dc.subject | NJOY | en_US |
dc.title | Producing Medical Radioisotopes with CANDU Nuclear Reactors | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Engineering Physics and Nuclear Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Applied Science (MASc) | en_US |
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