US 11,862,356 B2
Segmented reaction chamber for radioisotope production
Gregory Piefer, Janesville, WI (US); and Thomas Rockwell Mackie, Verona, WI (US)
Assigned to SHINE Technologies, LLC, Janesville, WI (US)
Filed by SHINE Medical Technologies, LLC, Janesville, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/228,419.
Application 17/228,419 is a division of application No. 13/575,826, granted, now 10,978,214, previously published as PCT/US2011/023024, filed on Jan. 28, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/299,258, filed on Jan. 28, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2021/0304914 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G21G 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC G21G 1/08 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of producing an isotope, the method comprising:
positioning a parent material in an aqueous solution within an annular activation cell for containing controlled nuclear fission reactions, the annular activation cell segmented into n independent compartments, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein the n compartments are radially disposed about a central axis of the annular activation cell, wherein the n compartments collectively comprise the annular activation cell that is concentrically disposed about a target chamber, and wherein each of the n compartments is configured for containing the parent material in the aqueous solution;
reacting, in at least one of the n compartments over a time period y, neutrons with the parent material to produce the isotope via fission reactions in the at least one of the n compartments; and
extracting the aqueous solution comprising the isotope from at least one of the n compartments.