Production of 22Na isotope using a device designed to irradiate a target with the internal proton beam of the U-240 cyclotron

Abstract

An installation for obtaining isotopes using the intense internal beam of protons on the U-240 cyclotron has been developed. A target was designed to produce the 22Na isotope under difficult conditions of thermal and radiation loads in a limited space of the cyclotron accelerator chamber. Radiochemical isolation of the 22Na isotope was carried out.

Keywords

• radionuclide
• protons
• target
• irradiation
• half-life period
• gamma-ray energy
• diffusion welding and radiation chemistry methods.