Skip to main content
OSTI.GOVU.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
 

Electron linac for medical isotope production with improved energy efficiency and isotope recovery

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1346345
; ; ;

A method and isotope linac system are provided for producing radio-isotopes and for recovering isotopes. The isotope linac is an energy recovery linac (ERL) with an electron beam being transmitted through an isotope-producing target. The electron beam energy is recollected and re-injected into an accelerating structure. The ERL provides improved efficiency with reduced power requirements and provides improved thermal management of an isotope target and an electron-to-x-ray converter.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
9,129,714
Application Number:
13/248,209
OSTI ID:
1346345
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (7)

Estimation of the photonuclear yield of isotopes in production targets journal June 2010
Energy recovery linac (ERL) coherent hard x-ray sources journal March 2010
Exploratory analysis of a neutron-rich nuclei source based on photo-fission journal March 2003
Bremsstrahlung and Photoneutrons from Thick Tungsten and Tantalum Targets journal August 1970
Energy-Angle Distribution of Thin Target Bremsstrahlung journal July 1951
H IGH -C URRENT E NERGY -R ECOVERING E LECTRON L INACS journal December 2003
Push-Pull FEL, a new ERL concept
  • Hutton, Andrew
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 557, Issue 1, p. 220-223 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2005.10.074
journal February 2006

Similar Records

Energy-Recovery Linacs for Commercial Radioisotope Production
Technical Report · 2016 · OSTI ID:1332817
Energy-Recovery Linacs for Commercial Radioisotope Production - Phase I
Technical Report · 2015 · OSTI ID:1460523
Energy Recovery Linacs for Commercial Radioisotope Production
Conference · 2015 · OSTI ID:1221915

Related Subjects

07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE