Ruthenium as an important element in nuclear energy and cancer treatment

Autor:	Michał Piotrowski, Michał Zuba, Iga Zuba, Andrzej Pawlukojć
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Radioisotopes Fission products Radiation Materials science business.industry Radiochemistry chemistry.chemical_element PUREX Nuclear power Nuclear Energy Spent nuclear fuel Ruthenium Rhodium chemistry Neoplasms Humans Osmium business Palladium
Zdroj:	Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine. 162
ISSN:	1872-9800
Popis:	Ruthenium belongs to the platinum group metals (PGMs) which include palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir) and rhodium (Rh). Radioactive isotopes of ruthenium are important elements related to the nuclear field. Ruthenium is one of the fission products in nuclear reactors and one of the troublesome nuclide in reprocessing process of the spent nuclear fuel (PUREX). The increased concentration of ruthenium-106 in the environment can be the result of accidents in nuclear power plants, spent nuclear fuel processing plants, or of nuclear tests. On the other hand, radioisotope of ruthenium Ru-106 is a drug that is successfully used in brachytherapy. In this paper we describe both sides of this element.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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