Investigation of 123I production using electron accelerator.

The possibility of 123I isotope production with the help of the high-intensity bremsstrahlung photons produced by the electron beam of the LUE50 linear electron accelerator at the A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute [YerPhI]) is considered. The production method has been established and shown to be successful. The 124Xe(γ,n)123Xe→123I nuclear reaction has been investigated and the cross-section was calculated by nuclear codes TALYS 1.6 and EMPIRE 3.2. The optimum parameter of the thickness of the target was determined by GEANT4 code. For the normalized yield of 123I, the value of 143Bq/(mg·μA·h) has been achieved. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Albert Avetisyan, Robert Avagyan, Ruben Dallakyan, Gohar Avdalyan, Nikolay Dobrovolsky, Vasak Gavalyan, Ivetta Kerobyan, Gevorg Harutyunyan. Investigation of 123I production using electron accelerator. Nuclear medicine and biology. 2017 Apr;47:44-47

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