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Cross-sections of deuteron-induced nuclear reactions on natural molybdenum have been studied in the frame of a systematic investigation of charged particle-induced nuclear reactions on some metals for various applications. The excitation functions of Mo(d,x)Tc were measured up to 10 MeV deuteron energy by using the stacked foil activation technique. This work aimed to get new experimental data useful in accelerator technology, and for testing nuclear reaction models. The integral yield was determined for Tc, and Mo radioisotopes. The experimental data were compared with the results of theoretical calculations obtained by using EMPIRE-3.2.3, and TENDL 2019 codes resulting in moderate agreement.

Excitation functions were measured by the activation method using the stacked-foil technique for the natMo(p,x)93(m+g),94m,g,95m,g,96(m+g),99mTc, 92m,95Nb reactions up to 18 MeV. The experimental results were compared with literature data and theoretical results from EMPIRE-3.2.2 code and TENDL. Special attention was paid to the 100Mo(p,2n)99mTc reaction which is very promising for the production of 99mTc at a cyclotron. In order to optimize the production conditions of some medically important Tc isotopes, the integral yields were estimated based on the measured cross sections.

Excitation functions were measured by the activation method using stacked-foil technique for the natSr(p,xn)88,87m,g,86m,gY reactions up to 18 MeV. The experimental results were compared with the theoretical data from EMPIRE-3.2 code and TENDL. Integral yields of 88,87m,g,86m,gY were estimated based on the measured cross sections. The optimum energy range for the production of the important isotope 88Y is Ep = 16→11 MeV, 88Y yield amounts to about 3 MBq/µAh.

The activation cross sections of proton induced reactions on natSb target leading to the formation of the radioisotopes 121m,g,123mTe were measured. The experimental excitation functions were compared with the theoretical model calculations using the codes EMPIRE-3.1 and TALYS-1.4. The integral yields of the three radionuclides were calculated and the possibility of their production is discussed.

Excitation functions were measured by the activation method using stacked-foil technique for the

A theoretical study of the nuclear reaction cross-section for the production of 64Cu and 86Y was performed from the nuclear reactions 64Ni(p, n) 64Cu, 64Ni(d, 2n) 64Cu, 66Zn(d, α)64Cu, 68Zn(p, n α)64Cu, 86Sr(p, n) 86gY, 87Sr(p, 2n) 86gY and 88Sr(p, 3n) 86gY. The calculations were performed using three codes EMPIRE, TALYS and ALICE-IPPE. The excitation function curves for the investigated reactions have been constructed from the enriched targets using 64Ni, 66Zn, 68Zn, 86Sr, 87Sr and 88Sr. The calculated excitation functions and the experimental data were compared. Mean standardized deviation, mean relative deviation and mean ratio statistical parameters were introduced to control the quality of the fitting between both the experimentally and the theoretically calculated cross-sections.