Reach the world's leading level China obtained the first kilogram molybdenum isotope

2023-10-26

Recently, the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry/Company of China National Nuclear Corporation obtained the molybdenum -100 isotope with 99% kilogram abundance for the first time through independent research and development. This is the first major breakthrough in the independent supply of key materials in my country, which has changed the long-term dependence on imports of molybdenum isotopes. It marks that my country has reached the world's leading level in the field of high-abundance stable isotope research and has become one of the few countries in the world that can obtain molybdenum isotopes in the world.
Molybdenum (Mo) isotopes have broad application prospects in nuclear medicine, basic physics, advanced nuclear fuel and other research fields. In order to meet the needs of the domestic market and solve the long-term dependence on imports of molybdenum isotope materials, the scientific research team of the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry/Company of CNNC, based on nearly 30 years of continuous research and development experience, boldly innovated, broke through the key technologies in the isotope separation process, filled the gaps in this technical field in China, and laid a solid foundation for protecting people's health, promoting scientific and technological progress and improving nuclear power safety.

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For the first time, China has obtained kilograms of molybdenum isotopes, breaking import dependence.

Every AI news, on October 26, according to the news of CNNC, recently, the Nuclear Physics and Chemistry Institute/Company of CNNC obtained the molybdenum -100 isotope with 99% kilogram abundance for the first time through independent research and development. This is the first major breakthrough in China's autonomous supply of key molybdenum isotope materials, changing the long-standing situation that molybdenum isotopes are completely dependent on imports, and marking that China has reached the world's leading level in the field of high abundance stable isotope research, become one of the few countries in the world that can obtain molybdenum isotopes in bulk. (Daily Economic News)

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