Excitation functionfordeuteron induced nuclear reactions on natural ytterbium for production of high specific activity 177gLu in no-carrier-added form for metabolic radiotherapy

MANENTI, Simone; GROPPI, Flavia; GANDINI, Andrea; GINI, Luigi; ABBAS, Kamel; HOLZWARTH, Uwe; SIMONELLI, Federica; BONARDI, Mauro

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.08.008

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Excitation functionfordeuteron induced nuclear reactions on natural ytterbium for production of high specific activity 177gLu in no-carrier-added form for metabolic radiotherapy

Deuteron-inducednuclearreactionsforgenerationof no-carrier-added Lu radionuclideswere investigatedusingthestacked-foilactivationtechniqueonnaturalYbtargetsatenergiesupto Ed¼18.18MeV.Excitationfunctionsofthereactions natYb(d,xn)169,170,171,172,173,174g,174m,176m,177gLu and natYb(d,pxn)169,175,177Yb havebeenmeasured,amongthemthree(169Lu, 174mLu and 176mLu) are reportedforthefirsttime.Theupperlimitofthecontaminationfromthelong-livedmetastablelevel 177mLu wasevaluatedtoo.Thick-targetyieldsforallinvestigatedradionuclidesarecalculated.

MANENTI Simone; GROPPI Flavia; GANDINI Andrea; GINI Luigi; ABBAS Kamel; HOLZWARTH Uwe; SIMONELLI Federica; BONARDI Mauro;

2011-01-14

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

JRC60707

0969-8043,

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC60707,

10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.08.008,

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