| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 146, 2017
ND 2016: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology
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| Article Number | 08002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Medical Applications | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714608002 | |
| Published online | 13 September 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714608002
Half-life measurement of the medical radioisotope 177Lu produced from the 176Yb(n,γ) reaction
National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK
a e-mail: kelley.ferreira@npl.co.uk
Published online: 13 September 2017
177Lu is a medium energy beta-emitter commonly used in Nuclear Medicine for radiotherapeutic applications. In this work, the half-life of 177Lu has been measured using a re-entrant ionisation chamber over a period of 82 days (approximately 12 half-lives). Unlike the majority of previous studies, the material used in this work was produced via the 176Yb(n,γ)177Yb reaction followed by the β-decay to 177Lu, producing insignificant quantities of 177mLu. This has resulted in the most precise half-life measurement of 177Lu to date. A half-life of 6.6430 (11) days has been determined. This value is in statistical agreement with the currently recommended half-life of 6.6463 (15) days (z-score = 1.8).
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