Abstract
The reaction of a 100Mo beam at 12 MeV/nucleon impinging on a 4He gas-cell target was performed. The 99Mo alongside other coproduced isotopes were collected after the gas target on an aluminum catcher foil and their respective radioactivities were measured by offline γ-ray analysis. In this contribution, preliminary experimental results which are used to discuss the possibility of optimal large-scale production conditions of the produced radioisotopes are presented.
Highlights
Today, radioisotopes are commonly used in medicine, both in diagnosis and therapy
A novel method for the production of important medical radioisotopes has been developed at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University
The approach is based on performing the nuclear reaction in inverse kinematics, namely sending a heavy-ion beam of appropriate energy on a light target and isotopes of interest are collected
Summary
A novel method for the production of important medical radioisotopes has been developed at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University. The approach is based on performing the nuclear reaction in inverse kinematics, namely sending a heavy-ion beam of appropriate energy on a light target and isotopes of interest are collected. The production of the theranostic radionuclide 67Cu (T1/2 = 62 h) was performed through the reaction of a 70Zn beam at 15 MeV/nucleon with a hydrogen gas target [1]. The goal was the study of the production routes for the formation of medically interesting 99Mo (used as 99Mo/99mTc generator) using cyclotron accelerators, as the production in reactors is not enough to cover the world demand [2]. The present work reports on the production routes of 99Mo and other medical radioisotopes using inversekinematics nuclear reactions
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