US EPA

3787549 

Journal Article 

Production of Medical Mo-99 and Molybdenum-Technetium Generators at the karpov Research Institute of Physical Chemistry 

Pozdeev, VV; Kochnov, OYu; Krasheninnikov, AI; Stepanov, VI; Grachev, AF 

2014 

Yes 

Atomic Energy
ISSN: 1063-4258
EISSN: 1573-8205 

117 

2 

117-122 

10.1007/s10512-014-9898-9 

WOS:000346235800007 

This article is devoted to the development of the production of Mo-99 used in nuclear medicine. The stages in the development of the production of Mo-99 and molybdenum-technetium generators are shown. Production has increased several-fold over the period 2009-2013 and meets the demand of domestic nuclear medicine. The problem of recycling the uranium from an irradiated target after Mo-99 is extracted from the target is important and strongly influences the price of Mo-99. A technology for reprocessing uranium-containing tailings with the uranium obtained being returned into the Mo-99 production cycle has been developed at the Scientific-Research Institute for Physical Chemistry. This has eliminated the need to purchase expensive high-enrichment uranium for targets and has made it possible to use the uranium remaining from the reprocessing of irradiated targets.