Skip to main content

Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium (2009) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

Appendix G: Glossary
Pages 196-199

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 196...
... This vessel is penetrated by a series of horizontal fuel channels and vertical channels for control rods. Casting: The process of melting a metal and pouring into a mold.
Read the entire page →
From page 197...
... Half-life: The time required for a quantity of radioactive material to decay to half of its initial value. High-level waste: Highly radioactive materials containing fission products and transuranic elements produced as a byproduct of the reactions that occur inside nuclear reactors.
Read the entire page →
From page 198...
... : A written application to the Food and Drug Administration seeking approval to sell a pharmaceutical in the United States. Perfusion: Delivery of arterial blood to biological tissue.
Read the entire page →
From page 199...
... Target meat: Uranium-bearing material in the target. Tc-99m kits: Chemicals (e.g., pharmaceutical agent, chelating compound, and saline solution)
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • uranium enriched
  • fission products
  • radioactive materials
  • special nuclear
  • low enriched

  • raw materials
  • highly radioactive
  • highly enriched
  • enriched uranium
  • drug application

  • blood vessel
  • nuclear reactors
  • abnormal narrowing
  • shielded workspace
  • testing conducted

  • atomic nucleus
  • targets using
  • nuclear explosive
  • critical mass
  • existing processing

  • inside nuclear
  • containing fission
  • process whereby
  • control rods
  • administration seeking

  • fragments resulting
  • horizontal fuel
  • product test
  • master file
  • occur inside


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.