Production of Zirconium-89 by photonuclear reactions

Zirconium immune-complexes for PET molecular imaging: Current status and prospects

“…An alternative method of producing 89 Zr, via photonuclear reactions using 55-MeV bremsstrahlung irradiation from natural niobium and natural molybdenum samples, was also proposed [34]. Produced yields are significantly lower than the 89 Y(p,n) 89 Zr reaction yield, but with an insignificant contribution to total activity due to the 88 Zr impurity.…”

Multiparticle natSr(γ, ) reactions induced with bremsstrahlung end-point energies of 55, 60, and 65 MeV *

“…At higher energies, the nuclear reaction processes become more complex [12][13][14][15]; this means that the measurement and analysis of experimental data related to, for example, reaction cross sections and/or reaction yields can help ex-pand our understanding of specific aspects (for example, reaction mechanisms and reaction channel effects) and provide useful nuclear data for application purposes. Therefore, the study of multiparticle reactions occurring via bremsstrahlung radiation with end-point energies above the giant dipole resonance (GDR) region, that is, >30 MeV, is gaining an increasing amount of attention [16][17][18][19].…”