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Application possibilities of a new generator concept for99mTc production by means of the Triga-Mark III reactor in Mexico

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A new concept of prefabricated99mTc generator has been experimentally tested as a possible procedure for local production of99mTc for medical purposes by means of the ININ-Salazar /Mexico/ Triga-Mark III reactor working at 1 MW.

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  1. Nuclear Research Institute, 250 68, Řež, Czechoslovakia

    K. Svoboda, F. Melichar & M. Tympl

  2. Institute Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares /ININ/, Apartado postal 18-1027, Mexico, D.F., Mexico

    J. Lezama & J. Tendilla

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Temporarily at ININ as IAEA expert.

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Svoboda, K., Lezama, J., Tendilla, J. et al. Application possibilities of a new generator concept for99mTc production by means of the Triga-Mark III reactor in Mexico. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 96, 405–412 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02163041

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