Production of V-48 in a nuclear reactor via secondary tritons

摘要

The production of V-48 in a nuclear reactor, induced oil titanium by tritons generated from the Li-6(n, t)He-4 reaction, and eventually Li-7(n, n't)He-4, is described. Samples of lithium titanate were irradiated for an irradiation cycle (120h) in the RA-3 reactor, belonging to Ezeiza Atomic Centre. After a radiochemical separation, the characteristic radiations from V-48 were identified in the gamma ray spectra of the vanadium fractions.