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.
Source: Nuclear Medicine and Biology - Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Source Type: research