Deuteron irradiation of W and WO3 for production of high specific activity 186Re: Challenges associated with thick target preparation

Balkin, Ethan R.; Gagnon, Katherine; Strong, Kevin T.; Smith, Bennett E.; Dorman, Eric F.; Emery, Robert C.; Pauzauskie, Peter J.; Fassbender, Michael E.; Cutler, Cathy S.; Ketring, Alan R.; Jurisson, Silvia S.; Wilbur, D. Scott

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.06.021

Title: Deuteron irradiation of W and WO₃ for production of high specific activity ¹⁸⁶Re: Challenges associated with thick target preparation

Journal Article · Tue Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Applied Radiation and Isotopes

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.06.021· OSTI ID:1338598

Balkin, Ethan R. ^[1]; Gagnon, Katherine ^[2]; Strong, Kevin T. ^[3]; Smith, Bennett E. ^[4]; Dorman, Eric F. ^[1]; Emery, Robert C. ^[1]; Pauzauskie, Peter J. ^[3]; Fassbender, Michael E. ^[5]; Cutler, Cathy S. ^[6]; Ketring, Alan R. ^[7]; Jurisson, Silvia S. ^[8]; Wilbur, D. Scott ^[1]

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (Canada). Cross Cancer Inst., Dept. of Oncology
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Collider-Accelerator Dept.; Univ. of Missouri Research Reactor Center, Columbia, MO (United States)
Univ. of Missouri Research Reactor Center, Columbia, MO (United States)
Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States). of Chemistry

This investigation evaluated target fabrication and beam parameters for scale-up production of high specific activity ¹⁸⁶Re using deuteron irradiation of enriched ¹⁸⁶W via the ¹⁸⁶W(d,2n)¹⁸⁶Re reaction. Thick W and WO₃ targets were prepared, characterized and evaluated in deuteron irradiations. Full-thickness targets, as determined using SRIM, were prepared by uniaxi-ally pressing powdered natural abundance W and WO₃, or 96.86% enriched ¹⁸⁶W, into Al target supports. Alternatively, thick targets were prepared by pressing ¹⁸⁶W between two layers of graphite powder or by placing pre-sintered (1105°C, 12 hours) natural abundance WO₃ pellets into an Al target support. Assessments of structural integrity were made on each target pre-pared. Prior to irradiation, material composition analyses were conducted using SEM, XRD, and Raman spectroscopy. With-in a minimum of 24 hours post irradiation, gamma-ray spectroscopy was performed on all targets to assess production yields and radionuclidic byproducts. Problems were encountered with the structural integrity of some pressed W and WO₃ pellets before and during irradiation, and target material characterization results could be correlated with the structural integrity of the pressed target pellets. Under the conditions studied, the findings suggest that all WO₃ targets prepared and studied were unacceptable. By contrast, 186W metal was found to be a viable target material for ¹⁸⁶Re production. Lastly, thick targets prepared with powdered 186W pressed between layers of graphite provided a particularly robust target configuration.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; SC0007348

OSTI ID:: 1338598

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1358798

Report Number(s):: BNL-113242-2016-JA; R&D Project: KBCH139; KB0202011; TRN: US1701816

Journal Information:: Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Vol. 115, Issue C; ISSN 0969-8043

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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