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Medical isotope collection from ISAC targets.
- Source :
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EPJ Web of Conferences . 2/28/2020, Vol. 229, p1-5. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The ISAC facility (Isotope Separation and Acceleration) at TRIUMF has recently started to provide isotopes for pre-clinical nuclear medicine studies. By irradiating ISOL (Isotope Separation OnLine) targets with a 480 MeV proton beam from the TRIUMF H- cyclotron, the facility can deliver a large variety of radioactive isotope beams (RIB) for research in the fields of nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure and material science with half-lives down to a few milliseconds via an electrostatic beamline network. For the collection of medical isotopes, typically with half-lives in the range of hours or days, we have developed a compact apparatus for the implantation of mass-separated RIB on a target disc at energies between 20-55 keV. In this paper, we also discuss two different retrieval methods of the implanted activity from the implantation target: by chemical etching of the target surface and by recoil collection of implanted alpha emitters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21016275
- Volume :
- 229
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- EPJ Web of Conferences
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 142322514
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202022906003