Production of spallation radionuclides for medical applications at BLIP

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6874346

Mausner, L F; Richards, P

The Brookhaven LINAC Isotope Producer (BLIP) is the first facility to demonstrate the capability of a large linear accelerator for efficient and economical production of difficult-to-make, medically useful radionuclides. It utilizes the excess beam capacity of a LINAC that injects 200-MeV protons into the 33-GeV Alternating Gradient Synchrotron. The LINAC provides an integrated beam current of 60 ..mu..A for radionuclide production, operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The 200-MeV proton energy is very suitable for isotope production since the spallation process provides a route to copious quantities of radionuclides unavailable at lower energy accelerators, or reactors. Further, the energy is high enough to allow simultaneous irradiation of multiple targets leading to reduced cost per nuclide. Careful choice of target position in the array makes it possible to select the proper proton energy range to maximize the yield of a particular nuclide from a given target and minimize the amounts of undesirable by-products.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6874346
• Report Number(s): BNL-32237; CONF-821123-22; ON: DE83004590
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
400703 -- Radiochemistry & Nuclear Chemistry-- Radioisotope Production
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
430303* -- Particle Accelerators-- Experimental Facilities & Equipment
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
BEAMS
BROOKHAVEN 200-MEV LINAC
ENERGY RANGE
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
MEV RANGE
MEV RANGE 100-1000
NUCLEON BEAMS
PARTICLE BEAMS
PROTON BEAMS
RADIOISOTOPE GENERATORS
TARGET CHAMBERS