TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental studies of the medical isotopes production using spallation neutrons generated in massive uranium target
AU - Energy and Transmutation RAW
AU - Sotnikov, V. V.
AU - Adam, J.
AU - Artushenko, M. Yu
AU - Voronko, V. A.
AU - Zhadan, A. A.
AU - Zhivkov, P.
AU - Zavorka, L.
AU - Solnyshkin, A.
AU - Tyutyunnikov, S. I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, National Science Center, Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The possibility of medical radionuclides64,67Cu production in spallation-neutron spectrum in natZn(n, x) reactions has been studied. Experiments were performed on a massive uranium target (mass of natural uranium 512 kg) at the accelerators "Nuclotron" and "Phasotron" JINR, Dubna. Spallation neutron spectrum averaged cross sections for thenatZn(n, x)67Cu andnatZn(n, x)64Cu reactions were estimated: 6.7(10) mb and 0.35(5) mb, respectively. The MCNPX simulation of67,64Cu production and definition of the theoretical limit of the specific activity of67,64Cu by irradiation of natural zinc and zinc enriched by the 68 isotope were performed.
AB - The possibility of medical radionuclides64,67Cu production in spallation-neutron spectrum in natZn(n, x) reactions has been studied. Experiments were performed on a massive uranium target (mass of natural uranium 512 kg) at the accelerators "Nuclotron" and "Phasotron" JINR, Dubna. Spallation neutron spectrum averaged cross sections for thenatZn(n, x)67Cu andnatZn(n, x)64Cu reactions were estimated: 6.7(10) mb and 0.35(5) mb, respectively. The MCNPX simulation of67,64Cu production and definition of the theoretical limit of the specific activity of67,64Cu by irradiation of natural zinc and zinc enriched by the 68 isotope were performed.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84953317272
SN - 1682-9344
VL - 100
SP - 173
EP - 178
JO - Problems of Atomic Science and Technology
JF - Problems of Atomic Science and Technology
IS - 6
ER -