National Biomedical Tracer Facility: Project definition study

Technical Report · Wed May 31 04:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/221916· OSTI ID:221916

Heaton, R; Peterson, E ^[1]; Smith, P ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. Smith (P.A.) Concepts and Designs (United States)

The Los Alamos National Laboratory is an ideal institution and New Mexico is an ideal location for siting the National Biomedical Tracer Facility (NBTF). The essence of the Los Alamos proposal is the development of two complementary irradiation facilities that combined with our existing radiochemical processing hot cell facilities and waste handling and disposal facilities provide a low cost alternative to other proposals that seek to satisfy the objectives of the NBTF. We propose the construction of a 30 MeV cyclotron facility at the site of the radiochemical facilities, and the construction of a 100 MeV target station at LAMPF to satisfy the requirements and objectives of the NBTF. We do not require any modifications to our existing radiochemical processing hot cell facilities or our waste treatment and disposal facilities to accomplish the objectives of the NBTF. The total capital cost for the facility defined by the project definition study is $15.2 M. This cost estimate includes $9.9 M for the cyclotron and associated facility, $2.0 M for the 100 MeV target station at LAMPF, and $3.3 M for design.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 221916
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--96-0509; ON: DE96009194
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BASIC STUDIES
BIOLOGICAL MARKERS
CYCLOTRONS
HOT CELLS
IRRADIATION PLANTS
LANL
PLANNING
PRODUCTION
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SITE SELECTION
TRACER TECHNIQUES