[1B16-19] Medical Radioisotope

[1B19] Preparation of porous MoO₃ targets for producing ⁹⁹Mo/^99mTc

*Mai Ngoc Quach¹, Chu Minh Ngo¹, Ying Yang¹, Binh Thanh Nguyen, Thai Van Nguyen, Thi Mai Dung Do¹, Nakayama Tadachika¹, Suematsu Hisayuki¹ (1. Nagaoka University of Technology)

Keywords:99Mo/99mTc, porous wires, theoretically calculating, simulating MCNPX, irradiated experiment

The most widely used medical radioisotope, Technitium-99m (^99mTc), is a daughter product of β- the decay of ⁹⁹Mo. This research proposed a new target of porosity for the irradiation experiment. The ⁹⁸Mo wire was heated to synthesis the porous structure ⁹⁸MoO₃, activity, and time irradiated was investigated by theoretically calculating and simulating with MCNPX code. Then all of the investigations will be verified by irradiated experiment in Dalat Nuclear Research Reactor.