Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Nuclear transmutation – By neutron bombardment
Patent
1991-06-18
1992-09-08
Wasil, Daniel D.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Nuclear transmutation
By neutron bombardment
G21G 100
Patent
active
051456362
ABSTRACT:
Water soluble irradiation targets are disclosed for the production of .sup.186 Re and .sup.188 Re. The irradiation targets are selected for both water solubility and absence of elements which would produce contaminating isotopes for medical therapeutic and diagnostic use. In one embodiment, .sup.186 Re or 188Re is produced by the direct irradiation of a water soluble irradiation target comprising .sup.185 Re or .sup.187 Re, respectively. Preferred targets for this purpose include aluminum perrhenate, lithium perrhenate and magnesium perrhenate. In another embodiment, a zirconyl tungstate generator comprising .sup.188 W for the production of .sup.188 Re is obtained by irradiating a soluble irradiation target comprising .sup.186 W, dissolving the irradiated target in aqueous solution, reacting the dissolved target with an aqueous solution comprising zirconyl ion to form an insoluble zirconium tungstate precipitate and disposing the precipitate in an elutable container. Preferred irradiation targets for this purpose include sodium tungstate and lithium tungstate. In each of the foregoing embodiments, the irradiation target is readily soluble in aqueous solution and may be used directly in solution form after irradiation, such as for ligand conjunction for medical diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, without cumbersome dissolution, neutralization, purification and other processing steps involving irradiated materials inherent in prior .sup.186 Re and .sup.188 Re production methods.
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Ehrhardt Gary J.
Su Fu-Min
Vanderhevden Jean-Luc E.
Curators of the University of Missouri
NeoRx Corporation
Wasil Daniel D.
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