Keyword: isotope-production
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TUZGBF4 The South African Isotope Facility target, cyclotron, proton, radiation 1240
 
  • J.L. Conradie, L.S. Anthony, F. Azaiez, S. Baard, R.A. Bark, A.H. Barnard, P. Beukes, J.I. Broodryk, J.C. Cornell, J.G. De Villiers, H. Du Plessis, W. Duckitt, D.T. Fourie, P.G. Gardiner, M.E. Hogan, I.H. Kohler, J.J. Lawrie, C. Lussi, N.R. Mantengu, R.H. McAlister, J. Mira, K.V. Mjali, H.W. Mostert, C. Naidoo, F. Nemulodi, M. Sakildien, V.F. Spannenberg, G.F. Steyn, N. Stodart, R.W. Thomae, M.J. Van Niekerk, P.A. van Schalkwyk
    iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
  
  iThemba LABS has de­vel­oped a strat­egy to re­spond to the need to ex­pand the re­search agenda of the fa­cil­ity, as well as to seize the op­por­tu­nity to ex­ploit the grow­ing global de­mand for ra­dioiso­topes. This strat­egy will de­pend on the ex­ist­ing ac­cel­er­a­tor and iso­tope pro­duc­tion in­fra­struc­ture, as well as the ac­qui­si­tion of a cy­clotron ca­pa­ble of ac­cel­er­at­ing pro­tons to 70 MeV at beam cur­rents in ex­cess of 700 mi­croam­pere. This de­vel­op­ment will be ap­proached in two phases: Phase 1 will in­clude the mi­gra­tion of the ex­ist­ing ra­dioiso­tope pro­duc­tion from the sep­a­rated-sec­tor cy­clotron (SSC) to a new 70 MeV cy­clotron. This re­arrange­ment will in­crease the iso­tope pro­duc­tion ca­pa­bil­ity and also free up the SSC for re­search. In phase 2, beams of ar­ti­fi­cial iso­topes will be pro­duced at en­er­gies up to 5 MeV/nu­cleon to allow iThemba LABS to ex­pand its re­search ca­pa­bil­i­ties to new fron­tiers. The var­i­ous dif­fer­ent as­pects of the pro­posed pro­ject will be dis­cussed.  
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