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Title: Synthesizing radioisotopes using an energy recovery linac

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1568089

An apparatus and method for the production of radioisotopes utilizing an energy recovery linac. The ERL system is composed of an electron beam source, multiple superconducting radio frequency cavities operating at 4.5 K, a thin radiator, a target material, and a beam dump. The accompanying method discloses the use of the ERL system to generate desired radioisotopes via target interaction with bremsstrahlung photons while allowing recovery of a substantial portion of the electron beam energy before the beam is extracted to the beam dump.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
Assignee:
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, VA)
Patent Number(s):
10,236,090
Application Number:
13/935,538
OSTI ID:
1568089
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 07/04/2013
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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