METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOTOPES

摘要

A method for producing an isotope of interest includes providing a target including a first isotope of a target element, and bombarding the target with accelerated ions to produce in the target by nuclear reactions between the accelerated ions and the first isotope of the target element: a second isotope of the target element, wherein the second isotope of the target element is the isotope of interest or a radioisotope within a decay chain of the isotope of interest; and transmutation products of a different elemental form than the target element.

主权项

1. A method for producing an isotope of interest, the method comprising:
providing a target including a first isotope of a target element; and bombarding the target with accelerated ions to produce in the target by nuclear reactions between the accelerated ions and the first isotope of the target element:
a second isotope of the target element, wherein the second isotope of the target element is the isotope of interest or a radioisotope within a decay chain of the isotope of interest; andtransmutation products of a different elemental form than the target element.