The Fission-Based  ⁹⁹Mo Production Process ROMOL-99 and Its Application to PINSTECH Islamabad

Table 5

Radioactivity distribution of  ⁹⁹Mo and the most important impurities during the process.

	^99Mo	^103Ru	^132Te	^131I
Filter cake	<0.5%	19.20%	96.30%	n.d.
Filtrate	>99.5%	80.70%	3.70%	100%
Ag-column	n.d.	22.70%	1.00%	>98%
FEED	>99%	66.90%	1.60%	<2%
Al2O3 column	10.6%	0.10%	1.10%	n.d.
Al-waste	n.d.	75.40%	n.d.	n.d.
DOWEX column	0.003%	0.06%	n.d.	n.d.
Final	86.5%	<0.001%	<0.001%	<0.001%

The % values relates to the individual content of the specified nuclide and not to ⁹⁹Mo.
(n.d.: not detected).