Compact Accelerator Based Neutron Source for 99mTc Production

Rebecca Seviour; Hywel Owen; Ian Bailey

doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPOY020

Compact Accelerator Based Neutron Source for 99mTc Production

Rebecca Seviour, Hywel Owen, Ian Bailey

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Abstract

The radioisotope Technetium-99m (^{99m}Tc) is used in 85\% of all nuclear medicine procedures. ^{99m}Tc is produced from its precursor Molybdenum-99 (⁹⁹Mo), which until recently was produced in only five research reactors worldwide. Recently a number of accelerator-based methods have been proposed to fill this gap and to diversify this supply chain. In the paper we present our base compact (4 m) 10 mA 3.5 MeV accelerator design, to generate low-energy neutrons via fusion. In this design we increase neutron capture with a novel moderator assembly to shift the neutron spectrum into the epithermal resonance region of the ⁹⁸Mo capture cross-section to create ⁹⁹Mo. In this paper we examine Li(p, n) reactions for neutron production. Specifically focused on a numerical studies for an optimised target design capable of handling the heat load.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IPAC 2016 - Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Publisher	Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW)
Pages	1946-1949
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9783954501472
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPOY020
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016
Event	7th International Particle Accelerator Conference - Busan, Korea, Republic of Duration: 8 May 2016 → 13 May 2016 Conference number: 7 http://www.ipac16.org/ http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2016/ http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2016/papers/organize.pdf

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Conference	7th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Abbreviated title	IPAC 2016
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Busan
Period	8/05/16 → 13/05/16
Internet address	http://www.ipac16.org/ http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2016/ http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2016/papers/organize.pdf

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Seviour, R, Owen, H & Bailey, I 2016, Compact Accelerator Based Neutron Source for 99mTc Production. in IPAC 2016 - Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference. Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW), pp. 1946-1949, 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference, Busan, Korea, Republic of, 8/05/16. https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPOY020

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