US Patent Issued to CHIYODA TECHNOL on Aug. 26 for "Scattering fast neutrons that have passed through an irradiated first sample to generate radioisotopes in both the first sample and a second sample" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,771, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CHIYODA TECHNOL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Scattering fast neutrons that have passed through an irradiated first sample to generate radioisotopes in both the first sample and a second sample" was invented by Yasuki Nagai (Higashi-ibaraki-gun, Japan) and Masako Kawabata (Higashi-ibaraki-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for producing radioisotopes. The method includes generating fast neutrons by irradiating a neutron producing target with a deuteron beam from a deuteron accelerator. These fast neutrons directly irradiate a first sample. The fast neutrons that pass through the...