Ep. 40 - Amanda Youker, Argonne National Lab
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy - Podcast autorstwa Bret Kugelmass, Energy Impact Center
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Episode Content:
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Amanda's interest in chemistry and her work at a crime lab.
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A breakdown of molybdenum 99 and technetium 99m.
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Why metastable isotopes are useful for medical applications.
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What are ligins?
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From a security perspective, why it's in the US' interest to domestically produce molybdenum 99.
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The traditional and nontraditional methods of producing molybdenum 99.
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Tradeoffs of different production processes.
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The Argonne Molybdenum Research Experiment.
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Why precipitating uranium creates a hotspot.
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How corrosion can be beneficial in producing uranium peroxide precipitate.
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What's in store for the future.
