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Chris Wagner: The role of Eden Radioisotopes in the future of nuclear medicine
Chris Wagner has more than 40 years of experience in nuclear medicine, beginning as a clinical practitioner before moving into leadership roles at companies like Mallinckrodt (now Curium) and Nordion. His knowledge of both the clinical and the manufacturing sides of nuclear medicine laid the groundwork for helping to found Eden Radioisotopes, a start-up venture that intends to make diagnostic and therapeutic raw material medical isotopes like molybdenum-99 and lutetium-177.
Toshihide Takai, Tomohiro Furukawa, Hidemasa Yamano (JAEA)
Proceedings | 2018 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2018) | Charlotte, NC, April 8-11, 2018 | Pages 1007-1013
This paper describes estimation results of thermophysical properties of stainless steel (SS) containing 5mass% boron carbide (B4C) in the solid phase. First, we synthesized SS-B4C samples with emphasis on 5 mass%-B4C and SS using a hot press method. Homogeneity of our produced SS-B4C sample was evaluated by chemical composition analysis, metal structure observation, and micro X-ray diffraction (XRD). Both the density and specific heat of the SS-B4C sample were evaluated. These measurements proved that the density in our sample was lowered and the temperature dependence of the density, along with the elevation of temperature, became gradual compared to that of grade type 316L stainless steel (SUS316L) used as a reactor material by addition of B4C. The specific heat became slightly higher than that of SUS316L by addition of B4C and showed similar temperature dependence up to 800°C.