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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 93, 2015
CGS15 – Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics
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Article Number | 08001 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Applications | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159308001 | |
Published online | 28 May 2015 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159308001
Development of medicine-intended isotope production technologies at Yerevan Physics Institute
A.Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Alikhanyan Brothers street 2, 0036 Yerevan, Armenia
a Corresponding author: albert@email.yerphi.am
Published online: 28 May 2015
Accelerator-based 99mTc and 123I isotopes production technologies were created and developed at A.Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (former Yerevan Physics Institute - YerPhI). The method involves the irradiation of natural molybdenum (for 99mTc production) and natural xenon (for 123I production) using high-intensity bremsstrahlung photons from the electron beam of the LUE50 linear electron accelerator located at the YerPhI. We have developed and tested the extraction of 99mTc and 123I from the irradiated natural MoO3 and natural Xe, respectively. The production method has been developed and shown to be successful. The current activity is devoted to creation and development of the technology of direct production 99mTc on the 100Mo as target materials using the proton beam from an IBA C18/18 cyclotron. The proton cyclotron C18/18 (producer – IBA, Belgium) was purchased and will be installed nearby AANL (YerPhI) till end 2014. The 18 MeV protons will be used to investigate accelerator-based schemes for the direct production of 99mTc. Main topics of studies will include experimental measurement of 99mTc production yield for different energies of protons, irradiation times, intensities, development of new methods of 99mTc extraction from irradiated materials, development of target preparation technology, development of target material recovery methods for multiple use and others.
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