Photonuclear Technology for Isotope Production
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impurities
bremsstrahlung
Description:
The novel soft technology for production of
isotope Mo-99/Tc-99m, Cu-67, Sc-47, Co-57,
W-181, Pt-195m and oth. with the use of high-
energy
of
electron
accelerator has been developed.
Innovative aspect and main advantages:
For the first time the data on photonuclear yield
of desired
in
technological target from natural materials of
large mass (up to 100 g) are obtained. The
technology is based on the use of reliable
electron accelerator having
the cost and
operational expenses substantially lower than
the ones of heavy-particle accelerators of same
energy and beam intensity. In contrast to
reactor technology, the proposed method is free
of enriched uranium utilization. The photon
reactions produce considerably
less “hotâ€
impurities mainly short-lived .
Areas of Application:
Production of isotopes chiefly for nuclear
medicine.
Stage of Development:
Study of photonuclear yield of isotopes has
been conducted, new technique for computer
simulation and optimization of production
process developed and verified by experiments.
The equipment for high-energy and high-
intensity gammas generation and diagnostics as
well as experimental target stations designed.
The prototypes of Mo-99/Tc-99m, Cu-67, W-
181, Pt-195m and other radionuclide sources
have been produced.
Photos/Pictures
Fig.1. Electron accelerator LU-40m with
energy up to 100 MeV
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Fig.2. γ–spectrum of high-purity
W-181 source produced under photonuclear
technology
Contact details:
National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of
Physics and Technologyâ€
Uvarov Vyacheslav – “Accelerator†Sc&R Est.,
NSC KIPT
Tel/fax: +38(057)3351444,
uvarov@kipt.kharkov.ua
1, Akademicheskaya Str., Kharkov 61108,
Ukraine.
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