Title :
Cyclotrons for isotope production
Author :
Milton, B.F. ; Stevenson, N.R.
Author_Institution :
TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
Cyclotrons continue to be efficient accelerators for radio-isotope production. In recent years, developments in the accelerator technology have greatly increased the practical beam current in these machines while also improving the overall system reliability. These developments combined with the development of new isotopes for medicine and industry, and a retiring of older machines indicates a strong future for commercial cyclotrons. In this paper we will survey recent developments in the areas of cyclotron technology, and isotope production, as they relate to the new generation of commercial cyclotrons. We will also discuss the possibility of systems capable of extracted energies up to 100 MeV and extracted beam currents of up to 2.0 mA
Keywords :
cyclotrons; ion accelerators; radioisotopes; 100 MeV; 2 mA; H- accelerator; accelerator technology; accelerators; commercial cyclotrons; cyclotrons; extracted beam currents; extracted energies; isotope production; practical beam current; radioisotope production; system reliability; Business; Costs; Cyclotrons; Inductors; Isotopes; Machinery production industries; Neutrons; Nuclear physics; Particle beams; Positron emission tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2934-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1995.504574
