A simple and efficient method to recover isotopically enriched Ni-64 from electrolytic solutions

M A Avila-Rodriguez; E A Aguilar-Ortiz; A R Jalilian; J C Manrique-Arias; A Zarate-Morales; A Flores-Moreno

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.12.018

A simple and efficient method to recover isotopically enriched Ni-64 from electrolytic solutions

Appl Radiat Isot. 2019 Mar:145:55-58. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.12.018. Epub 2018 Dec 17.

Authors

M A Avila-Rodriguez¹, E A Aguilar-Ortiz², A R Jalilian³, J C Manrique-Arias², A Zarate-Morales², A Flores-Moreno²

Affiliations

¹ Unidad Radiofarmacia-Ciclotrón, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Cd. Mx., Mexico. Electronic address: avilarod@uwalumni.com.
² Unidad Radiofarmacia-Ciclotrón, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Cd. Mx., Mexico.
³ Department of Nuclear Science and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 30583136
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.12.018

Abstract

Production of ⁶⁴Cu via the proton irradiation of ⁶⁴Ni, electrodeposited on a suitable backing substrate, remains the most common method to produce this emerging radionuclide. Some unforeseen cases arise when the electrodeposition does not work and the electrolytic solution needs to be reprocessed, but the presence of salt buffers makes it difficult to recover the nickel to prepare a fresh solution. The aim of this work was to develop a simple and efficient method to recover ⁶⁴Ni from bath solutions.

Keywords: Chelex-100; Copper-64; Nickel-64; Recycling of enriched isotopes.