Spallation production of neutron deficient radioisotopes in North America
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Dept. of Energy, Germantown, MD (United States). Office of Isotope Production and Distribution
The US Department of Energy produces a number of neutron deficient radioisotopes by high energy proton induced spallation reactions in accelerators at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. Research isotopes are also recovered from targets irradiated at TRIUMF in British Columbia, Canada. The radioisotopes recovered are distributed for use in nuclear medicine, environmental research, physics research, and industry worldwide. In addition to the main product line of Sr-82 from either Mo or Rb targets, Cu-67 from ZnO targets, and Ge-68 and RbBr targets, these irradiation facilities also produce some unique isotopes in quantities not available from any other source such as Al-26, Mg-28, Si-32, Ti-44, Fe-52, Gd-148, and Hg-194. The authors will describe the accelerator irradiation facilities at the Los Alamos and Brookhaven National Laboratories. The high level radiochemical processing facilities at Los Alamos and brief chemical processes will be described.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 563305
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-97-3309; CONF-9710130-; ON: DE98001458; TRN: 98:002760
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. international conference on isotopes, Sydney (Australia), 12-16 Oct 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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