skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Radionuclide production at the TRIUMF facility

Conference ·
OSTI ID:199793
 [1]
  1. UBC/TRIUMF PET Program, Vancouver (Canada)

The TRIUMF accelerators represent the most powerful and versatile radioisotope production facility in the world. The 500 MeV cyclotron has three beam-lines that can operate simultaneous covering beam energies from 70 to 550 MeV with beam current up to 150 {mu}A. In addition, Nordion International Incorporated operates two high powered cyclotrons for the commercial production of medical radionuclides. The CP42 and the TR30 cyclotrons accelerate H{sup {minus}} ions as does the 500 MeV cyclotron giving them the capability of simultaneous beam extraction as well. The CP42 extracts beams between 15 and 41 MeV with a beam current up to 180 {mu}A. The TR30 operates two beams of 30 MeV protons with beam current >250 {mu}A each. The new TR13 cyclotron (13 MeV protons) has been completed and is dedicated to research in support of the PET clinical research program on the UBC campus, the radiopharmaceutical chemistry program at TRIUMF and the continued support of radioisotope research projects on the UBC campus.

OSTI ID:
199793
Report Number(s):
CONF-941129-; TRN: 95:005652-0293
Resource Relation:
Conference: 13. international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry, Denton, TX (United States), 7-10 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Thirteenth international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry; Duggan, J.L.; Morgan, I.L. [eds.]; PB: 201 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Pushing beam currents to the limit
Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994 · OSTI ID:199793

Research and commercial isotope production at TRIUMF
Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1997 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society · OSTI ID:199793

New facilities and kaon factory designs for TRIUMF
Journal Article · Sun Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 1979 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) · OSTI ID:199793