Determination of the experimental yield of 99mTc in (p,2n) nuclear reaction on enriched 100Mo sample with application of 11-MeV medical cyclotron

B M Bondar; B Yu Leshchenko; I M Kadenko; Ya V Kmetyuk

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110431

Determination of the experimental yield of ^99mTc in (p,2n) nuclear reaction on enriched ¹⁰⁰Mo sample with application of 11-MeV medical cyclotron

Appl Radiat Isot. 2022 Nov:189:110431. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110431. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Authors

B M Bondar¹, B Yu Leshchenko², I M Kadenko³, Ya V Kmetyuk⁴

Affiliations

¹ Radiopharmaceutical Production Department, Clinical Hospital «Feofaniya», Kyiv, Ukraine; National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine. Electronic address: b.bondar@kpi.ua.
² National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine.
³ Department of Nuclear Physics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.
⁴ Radiopharmaceutical Production Department, Clinical Hospital «Feofaniya», Kyiv, Ukraine.

PMID: 36122547
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110431

Abstract

This paper presents the measured thick target yield of ^99mTc from molybdenum sample with 92.2% enrichment in ¹⁰⁰Mo isotope via the (p,2n) nuclear reaction channel. The yield was determined experimentally with application of the 11-MeV medical cyclotron Eclipse RD, equipped with a new target assembly developed for solid sample irradiations. The experimental physical yield was measured to be 30.9 ± 1.3 MBq/μAh. This result was compared with theoretical calculations and results of other authors. The features of irradiation conditions that may have an influence on produced activity were studied and analyzed.

Keywords: Cyclotron; Gamma-spectrum; Isotope yield; Technetium production.

MeSH terms

Cyclotrons*
Isotopes
Molybdenum
Technetium*

Substances

Isotopes
Technetium
Molybdenum