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Laser-driven radioisotopes production at SCAPA for medical and industrial application

  • G Battaglia
  • , E Brunetti
  • , M M R Chishti
  • , G Lorusso
  • , D O'Donnell
  • , M Scheck
  • , S M Wiggins
  • , D A Jaroszynski*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Isotopes for nuclear medicine are scarce and expensive. Researchers worldwide are exploring new production methods to avoid the dependence on nuclear reactors as sources to satisfy future isotope demands. Photo-nuclear reactions have hitherto been used as a tool for studying the nuclear structure. Laser wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) are very compact accelerators capable of producing high energy electron beams. In this paper we investigate the possibility of using LWFAs to produce 225Ac via photo-spallation reactions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number012200
    Number of pages4
    JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
    Volume1643
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 23 Dec 2020
    Event27th International Nuclear Physics Conference, INPC 2019 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Duration: 29 Jul 20192 Aug 2019

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