APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE, PARTICULARLY COBALT 60

摘要

PURPOSE: To produce a radioactive isotope continuously and economically using a simple means by disposing a production unit representatively at a protective assembly around a nuclear core and making a central channel for receiving a capsule containing a sample. CONSTITUTION: The body 1 of the production unit has the outside dimensions and the profile similar to those of one protective assembly interposed between the fuel parent substance bracket and a containment on the outside of a fast neutron reactor and disposed in place thereof. A holder holding a capsule 7 containing a sample comprises a tubular sleeve moderator 9 having a central channel 11 for temporarily receiving the capsule 7 during irradiation. The acting part of the unit is present at the longitudinal parts AB matching the arrangement of the irradiation 9 and a material rod 13 to be irradiated is encapsulated in the removable capsule 7. Upon finishing irradiation, the body 1 is taken out and the fast neutron reactor is filled again with a body 1 having a new capsule 7.