To increase the amount of nuclide conversion in a nuclide conversion device and a nuclide conversion method, capable of performing nuclide conversion with a relatively small-scale device compared with a large-scale device such as an accelerator and an atomic furnace.
In the nuclide conversion method using a nuclide conversion device 1 comprising: a tubular structural body 2; a heavy hydrogen high concentration part 3 through which an electrolyte including heavy water and the substance to be subjected to nuclide conversion can circulate; and a heavy hydrogen low concentration part 4 located at the outside of the structure 2, the electrolyte is fed to the heavy hydrogen high concentration part 3, the electrolyte is electrolyzed, thus heavy hydrogen is generated to make a state where the concentration of heavy hydrogen is high in the vicinity of the surface on the side of the heavy hydrogen concentration part 3 in the structure 2, and further, to make a state where the concentration of heavy hydrogen is low to the heavy hydrogen high concentration part 3 in the heavy hydrogen low concentration part 4, the structure 2 is passed through from the heavy hydrogen high concentration part 3 toward the heavy hydrogen low concentration part 3, thus the substance to be subjected to nuclide conversion in the structure 2 is subjected to nuclide conversion by the heavy hydrogen.
IWAMURA YASUHIRO
ITO TAKEHIKO
Kunio Ueda