The article considers the possibility of producing isotopes at nuclear power plants with RBMK-1000 reactors. In particular, the specialists of NIKIET developed technical documentation for substantiating the production and expanding the range of medical isotopes at the Phase 2 power units of the Leningrad NPP. The combination of design works and calculation justification demonstrated the possibility of the safe conversion and operation of two standard channels in the RBMK-1000 control and protection system of the Leningrad NPP power units 3 and 4 for irradiating starting substances with thermal neutrons and producing 131I, 153Sm, and 177Lu. By expanding the production of medical isotopes at the Leningrad NPP, as well as at other RBMK-1000 nuclear power plants in the future, current radioisotope demand from the pharmaceutical industry can be met at the same time as enlarging the number of available preparations.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 133, No. 5–6, pp. 288–292, November–December, 2022.
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Alimov, Y.V., Biryukov, A.N., Mamontov, A.Y. et al. Conversion of CPS Channels at the Leningrad NPP Power Units 3 and 4 for the Production of Radionuclides. At Energy 133, 307–311 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-023-01013-3
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