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Deuteron-induced nuclear reactions for generation of no-carrier-added (NCA) Lu isotopes were investigated using the stacked-foil activation technique on natural Yb targets at energies up to Ed=18.18MeV. The decay curve of ¹⁷⁷Yb, the growth curve of the cumulative (direct and indirect) and the direct production of (177g)Lu were determined. The analysis of these curves conducts to the evidence that the predominant route for the production of (177g)Lu is the indirect reaction ¹⁷⁶Yb(d,p)¹⁷⁷Yb, which decays to (177g)Lu. In the spectra acquired one year from the EOB the γ lines of (177m)Lu are not evident. A comparison between the calculated activity of (177g)Lu produced with a cyclotron and with a nuclear reactor is given., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Radioactive solutions of 177g,mLuIIICl3 are used for labeling organic compounds for metabolic radiotherapy and radioimmunotherapy. The labeling process involves Lu in III oxidation state, so the presence of other stable impurities in the same oxidation state could result in an isomorphous dilution of radioactive 177gLu. Samples of 177gLuCl3 were analyzed to quantify the chemical impurities with a special regard for trivalent elements with instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA), carried out in the research nuclear reactor TRIGA MARK II (GA, USA) of the Università degli Studi di Pavia, and electrothermal atomic absorption spectroscopy (ET-AAS) (Varian, USA) at LASA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

High specific activity64Cu is a radionuclide of increasing interest for PET imaging, as well as systemic and targeted radioimmunotherapy of tumours. The cross sections for production of64Cu from Zn target of natural isotopic composition were measured in the proton energy range from 141 down to 31 MeV. The stacked-foil technique was used at 160 MeV intersection point of INR proton-LINAC in Troitsk, Russia. Several Ga, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, V and Mn RNs were detected in Zn targets at the EOB. The activity of no-carrier-added64Cu was measured through its only gamma-emission of 1346 keV (0.47% intensity). To this purpose, it was necessary to carry out a selective radiochemical separation of Ga RNs from the bulk of irradiated Zn target and other RNs. Theoretical calculations of cross sections were carried out with the CEF model and HMS-ALICE hybrid model codes and are compared with the experimental values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copper-64 is a radionuclide suitable for labeling of a wide range of radiopharmaceuticals for PET imaging, as well as systemic or local radioimmunotherapy of tumors. Among the possible methods for cyclotron production of No Carrier Added (NCA) 64Cu (61Cu), we investigated the deuteron irradiation on natural Zn target, via (d,axn) and (d,2pxn) nuclear reactions. This paper reports the preliminary results about the experimental determination and theoretical calculation of thin-target excitation functions in the energy range up to 19 MeV for 61Cu, 64Cu, 66Ga, 67Ga, 65Zn and 69mZn. A fast selective radiochemical separation of NCA 64Cu from Zn target and Ga radionuclides, with quality control tests is described too. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]