K. V. Rotmanov, V. A. Tarasov, V. V. Lobanenko, G. V. Goncharova, A. A. Lykova, O. I. Andreev
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Abstract
147Pm is used in industry in sealed radioactive sources for measuring the thickness or density of materials and as a power source in radioisotope thermoelectric generators for space research. Traditionally, 147Pm is isolated from a mixture of fission fragments of heavy nuclei. An alternative method for producing the radionuclide is irradiation of neodymium with neutrons from a nuclear reactor. At the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, reactor irradiation of neodymium oxide of natural isotopic composition was carried out and a pilot batch of 147Pm was obtained.
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Radiochemistry is a journal that covers the theoretical and applied aspects of radiochemistry, including basic nuclear physical properties of radionuclides; chemistry of radioactive elements and their compounds; the occurrence and behavior of natural and artificial radionuclides in the environment; nuclear fuel cycle; radiochemical analysis methods and devices; production and isolation of radionuclides, synthesis of labeled compounds, new applications of radioactive tracers; radiochemical aspects of nuclear medicine; radiation chemistry and after-effects of nuclear transformations.