Abstract:
Removal of
131I is crucial to ensure the quality of medical fission
99Mo. The whole radiochemical extraction process of fission
99Mo from simulated solution had been developed by -benzoin oxime precipitation, followed by AG1-×8 anion exchange and activated charcoal chromatography for further purification.To evaluate the effectiveness of removal of radioactive iodine by the established production process for fission
99Mo, in this work, behavior of
131I
- and
131IO
-3 in the chemical process had been studied. The decontamination effectiveness of
131I
- and
131IO
-3 had been evaluated. For
131I
-, 98.2% of iodide in the simulated solution could be precipitated by AgNO
3 as AgI sal, while 97.9% of
131I
- removal efficiency was for consequent precipitating Mo with α-benzoin oxime, and higher than 99.9% for AG1-×8 anion exchange chromatography, about 75% for activated charcoal chromatography. After purification by the mentioned procedure for fission
99Mo, decontamination factor (DF) of
131I
- was 1.90×10
6. and the removal efficiency of
131I
- was higher than 99.99%. For
131IO
-3, AgNO
3 could not precipitate iodate in HNO
3 solution. However, precipitating Mo with α-benzoin oxime could take away more than 99% of
131IO
-3 in solution. Consequently, 99% of
131IO
-3 in solution was removed by AG1-×8 anion exchange and nearly 70% of
131IO
-3 was decomtaminated by activated carbon chromatography. The final DF of
131IO
-3 was 2.52×10
5 and the removal efficiency of
131I
- was more than 99.99% too. The experimental results showed the established procedure for fission
99Mo production gave excellent decontamination effectiveness for
131I.