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MURR becomes only gadolinium-153 producer in the U.S.
The University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) has commenced production of gadolinium-153, a radioisotope used in medical imaging applications, as announced by the Department of Energy’s Office of Isotope R&D Production (IRP) and the university earlier this week. That makes MURR the only domestic supplier of Gd-153 and one of two suppliers in the world.
V. V. Glaskov, O. A. Sinkevich
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 723-724
Space Nuclear Power/Propulsion | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946926
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The consept of gaseous coolant direct healing in the reactor core by fission fragment deposition is considered. The temperatures as high as (3-5)*103 K can be reached and total heat power of the single module be of order 10-20 MW. The prospects of using the latter in space propulsion systems as well as in combination with closed - circle MHD generator or by direct water thermodissociation are discussed.