Browsing 2009 Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Solbrekken, Gary Lawrence"
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Thermal-hydraulic optimization for high production of low-enriched uranium based molybdenum-99
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Globally, more than 20 million samples of technetium-99 are used annually to diagnose many different forms of cancer. Despite this, there are only four main nuclear reactors worldwide that produce molybdenum-99, the parent ... -
Thermal-mechanical analysis of targets for high volume production of molybdenum-99 using low-enriched uranium
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Techenetium-99m is diagnostic radioactive medical isotope that is currently used 30,000 times a day in the United States. All supplies of techenetium-99m's parent isotope molybdenum-99 currently originate from nuclear ...