Fission spectrum averaged cross section measurements of some neutron threshold reactions of relevance to medical radionuclide production

Abstract

Fission neutron spectrum / Neutron threshold reaction / Activation technique / Cross section / Radiochemical separation / Medical radionuclides 45 Ti, 96 Tc, 153 Sm, 153 Gd Summary. A resume is given of radiochemical measurements of nuclear reaction cross sections relevant to the production of some medically important radionuclides carried out at PINSTECH during the last decade. Systematic studies on fission neutron spectrum averaged cross sections of several threshold reactions, like (n, 2n), (n, p) and (n, α), on titanium, ruthenium, europium and dysprosium for the production of 45 Ti, 96 Tc, 153 Sm and 153 Gd are described.

Measurement of fission neutron spectrum averaged cross sections of some threshold reactions on zinc: small-scale production of no-carrier-added 64Cu in a nuclear reactor

“…The overall error for each reaction cross section was obBrought to you by | University of Iowa Libraries Authenticated Download Date | 5/27/15 5:07 AM tained by summing the individual errors in quadrature. The uncertainties have been discussed in detail in our earlier publication [26].…”

“…The reported uncertainties incorporate both statistical and systematic uncertainties (for a detailed discussion of errors cf. [26]). …”

New trends in nuclear data research for medical radionuclide production

“…Cross section measurements on the production of a few therapeutic radionuclides in a nuclear reactor have also been reported [cf . 21,22].…”

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