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Real-Time Imaging of Ac-225 and Ra-225 Radiochemical Separation with the GeGI

At ORNL's REDC, the GeGI tracked an Ac-225 and Ra-225 radiochemical separation in real time, mapping the parent, product, and decay daughters by gamma energy on the collection carousel.

PHDS Technical Staff · January 2016

PHDS Technical Staff
Application Engineer · January 1, 2016

This measurement, performed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Radiochemical Engineering Development Center, used the PHDS GeGI to monitor a radioisotope separation in real time. The imager tracked Ra-225 at 40 keV and Ac-225 at 99.8 keV over successive five, ten, and fifteen minute intervals, and resolved decay daughters including Fr-221 (218 keV), Bi-213 (440 keV), and Tl-209 (465 keV) on the collection carousel by gamma energy. It demonstrates spatially resolved, time-resolved tracking of a radiochemical separation, the application now addressed by the PHDS NP Imager.