SHINE Technologies, LLC

A method for purifying lutetium includes providing a solid composition comprising ytterbium and lutetium and subliming or distilling ytterbium from the solid composition at a temperature of about 1196° C. to about 3000° C. to leave a lutetium composition comprising a higher weight percentage of lutetium than was present in the solid composition.

A beam accelerator system comprises an ion accelerator that generates a high-energy ion beam, a low-pressure chamber, an anode adjacent and fluidly connected to the low-pressure chamber, a plasma window adjacent and fluidly connected to the anode, and a cathode housing block adjacent and fluidly connected to the plasma window. The plasma window comprises a plurality of cooling plates, each cooling plate comprising an aperture that is aligned with an aperture in one or more adjacent cooling plate to form a plasma channel. The cathode housing block comprises a cathode target region and a cooling portion. The cooling portion comprises a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a cooling channel fluidly coupling the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and an opening adjacent to the plasma window and aligned with a longitudinal axis of the plasma channel.

A phase change crucible that includes an inner chamber comprising an inner chamber wall extending from an inner chamber floor to an inner chamber upper end, an outer chamber comprising an outer chamber wall extending from an outer chamber floor to an outer chamber upper end, wherein the inner chamber upper end terminates beyond the outer chamber upper end and the outer chamber wall encircles the inner chamber wall, an inner collection region formed by the inner chamber wall and the inner chamber floor, and an outer collection region formed by the outer chamber wall, the inner chamber wall, and the outer chamber floor.

A vial for an irradiation target. The vial comprises a body including a cylindrical wall extending along a longitudinal axis, a bottom wall portion at a first end of the body, and an opening at a second end of the body that is opposite the first end. The vial further comprises a cap coupled to the body at the second end, the cap includes an exterior frangible portion and an interior frangible portion.

Provided herein are high energy ion beam generator systems and methods that provide low cost, high performance, robust, consistent, uniform, low gas consumption and high current/high-moderate voltage generation of neutrons and protons. Such systems and methods find use for the commercial-scale generation of neutrons and protons for a wide variety of research, medical, security, and industrial processes.

Provided herein are high energy ion beam generator systems and methods that provide low cost, high performance, robust, consistent, uniform, low gas consumption and high current/high-moderate voltage generation of neutrons and protons. Such systems and methods find use for the commercial-scale generation of neutrons and protons for a wide variety of research, medical, security, and industrial processes.

A radiation effects testing system that includes a sample test housing, a neutron generator comprising a beam accelerator configured to generate an ion beam, a target chamber, and a beamline extending from the beam accelerator to the target chamber, and a sample loading system comprising a loading duct having a loading end and a chamber end, and a sample carrier translatable along the loading duct. The chamber end is coupled to the sample test housing, thereby providing a pathway from the loading end into the sample test housing. The loading duct comprises a descent segment extending from the loading end and an approach segment extending from the chamber end. The descent segment and the approach segment are non-parallel. Moreover, the sample carrier is in an upright orientation when located in the descent segment of the loading duct and when located in the approach segment of the loading duct.

An imaging system that includes an imaging detector, an object region and a scintillator stack having a first scintillator and a second scintillator positioned between the imaging detector and the object region along an imaging pathway. The first scintillator is positioned upstream the second scintillator along the imaging pathway and is configured to convert a first ionizing radiation into first photons comprising a first wavelength and the second scintillator is configured to convert a second ionizing radiation into second photons comprising a second wavelength and comprises a higher transmittance percentage at the second wavelength than the first scintillator. WO

A method for purifying lutetium includes providing a solid composition comprising ytterbium and lutetium and subliming or distilling ytterbium from the solid composition at a temperature of about 1196° C. to about 3000° C. to leave a lutetium composition comprising a higher weight percentage of lutetium than was present in the solid composition.

A phase change crucible that includes an inner chamber comprising an inner chamber wall extending from an inner chamber floor to an inner chamber upper end, an outer chamber comprising an outer chamber wall extending from an outer chamber floor to an outer chamber upper end, wherein the inner chamber upper end terminates beyond the outer chamber upper end and the outer chamber wall encircles the inner chamber wall, an inner collection region formed by the inner chamber wall and the inner chamber floor, and an outer collection region formed by the outer chamber wall, the inner chamber wall, and the outer chamber floor.