History and Actual State of Non-HEU Fission-Based Mo-99 Production with Low-Performance Research Reactors

Fifty years ago, one of the worldwide first industrial production processes to produce fission-Mo-99 for medical use had been started at ZfK Rossendorf (now: HZDR, Germany). On the occasion of this anniversary, it is worth to mention that this original process (called LITEMOL now) together with its...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: S. Dittrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/514894