The Installation of a Solid Target System Produced by Newton Scientific on a 168 JSW Baby Cyclotron Capable of Loading and Delivering Multiple Solid Targets with a Single Setup

Journal Article · Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2003 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1619829· OSTI ID:20634218

Gaehle, G; Margenau, P; McCarthy, D; Rowland, D; Welch, M ^[1]; Hughey, B; Klinkowstein, R; Shefer, R ^[2]; Dart, A; Ledoux, R ^[3]

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1. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center, 510 S. Kingshighway, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 (United States)
2. Newton Scientific, Inc. 245 Bent Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141 (United States)
3. Pyramid Technical Consultants, 259 Bishops Forest Drive, Waltham, Massachusetts 02452 (United States)

At Washington University we have used a single load and deliver solid target system since the early 90s. Currently we can produce Cd-109, Cu-64, Cu-60, Cu-61, Br-76, Br-77, Ga-66, I-124, Ti-45, Tc-94m, and Y-86. To increase our production capacity of these isotopes and increase safety of our personnel, we have installed a solid target system on our 168 JSW baby cyclotron capable of loading and delivering multiple solid targets with a single setup. The solid target has a cartridge with slots to house 6 electroplated solid target disks. The solid target holder can accommodate foil targets and inclined target using 1 slot and 3 slots respectively. Any combination of targets can be used taking up to 6 slots. The solid target system uses a Flex Link conveyor system with an egg shaped cart to safely deliver the bombarded target into a pig outside the vault area. The entire system is fully automated using a software package from Pyramid Technical Consultants being controlled by a Windows based personal computer.

• OSTI ID: 20634218
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 680, Issue 1; Conference: 17. international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry, Denton, TX (United States), 12-16 Nov 2002; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1619829; (c) 2003 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES
BROMINE 76
BROMINE 77
CADMIUM 109
CAPACITY
COMPUTER CODES
COPPER 60
COPPER 61
COPPER 64
CYCLOTRONS
GALLIUM 66
IODINE 124
ION BEAM TARGETS
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
SAMPLE HOLDERS
SOLIDS
TITANIUM 45
YTTRIUM 86