Instruments (Dec 2018)
Development of New Target Stations for the South African Isotope Facility
- Gideon F. Steyn,
- Lyndon S. Anthony,
- Faiçal Azaiez,
- Shadley Baard,
- Robert A. Bark,
- A. Hugo Barnard,
- Philip Beukes,
- Johan I. Broodryk,
- J. Lowry Conradie,
- John C. Cornell,
- J. Garrett de Villiers,
- Stuart G. Dolley,
- Herman du Plessis,
- William D. Duckitt,
- Dirk T. Fourie,
- Mike E. Hogan,
- Ivan H. Kohler,
- Jacobus J. Lawrie,
- Chris Lussi,
- Joele P. Mira,
- K. Vuyo Mjali,
- Hendrik W. Mostert,
- Clive Naidoo,
- Fhumulani Nemulodi,
- David Saal,
- Nieldane P. Stodart,
- Reiner W. Thomae,
- Johan van Niekerk,
- Pieter A. van Schalkwyk
Affiliations
- Gideon F. Steyn
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Lyndon S. Anthony
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Faiçal Azaiez
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Shadley Baard
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Robert A. Bark
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- A. Hugo Barnard
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Philip Beukes
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Johan I. Broodryk
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- J. Lowry Conradie
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- John C. Cornell
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- J. Garrett de Villiers
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Stuart G. Dolley
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Herman du Plessis
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- William D. Duckitt
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Dirk T. Fourie
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Mike E. Hogan
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Ivan H. Kohler
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Jacobus J. Lawrie
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Chris Lussi
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Joele P. Mira
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- K. Vuyo Mjali
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Hendrik W. Mostert
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Clive Naidoo
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Fhumulani Nemulodi
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- David Saal
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Nieldane P. Stodart
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Reiner W. Thomae
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Johan van Niekerk
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Pieter A. van Schalkwyk
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments2040029
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 4
p. 29
Abstract
The development of new target stations for radioisotope production based on a dedicated 70 MeV commercial cyclotron (for protons) is described. Currently known as the South African Isotope Facility (SAIF), this initiative will free the existing separated-sector cyclotron (SSC) at iThemba LABS (near Cape Town) to mainly pursue research activities in nuclear physics and radiobiology. It is foreseen that the completed SAIF facility will realize a three-fold increase in radioisotope production capacity compared to the current programme based on the SSC.
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