NDLI: The Production of Spallation Radionuclides for Medical Applications at BLIP

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Mausner, L. F. Richards, P.
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	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 ¿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. The proton beam enters the BLIP irradiation chamber under 32 feet of water which serves as a transparent shield for gamma rays and the high energy neutrons produced by spallation interactions. Guide tubes are used for introducing independent target assemblies into the proton beam, enabling both very short irradiations and very long ones. The targets are individually water cooled by means of a flexible stainless steel water hose that travels with the assembly. The basic target types are encapsulated salt pellets, gases, and metallic foils.
Sponsorship	IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences (CANPS) Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab. APS College of William and Mary Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility NASA Defence Nuclear Agency Sandia National Laboratories Jet Propulsion Laboratory Brookhaven Nat. Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab IEEE/NPPS Radiat. Effects Committee Defence Nuclear Agency/DoD Sandia National Laboratories/DOE Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA Phillips Lab./DoD
Starting Page	1793
Ending Page	1796
Page Count	4
File Size	1409295
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189499
Volume Number	30
Issue Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1983-04-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Production Medical services Biomedical equipment Linear particle accelerator Particle beams Protons Isotopes Assembly Linear accelerators Power generation economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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