Development of New Target Stations for the South African Isotope Facility

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Ivan H. Kohler¹  Chris Lussi¹  Fhumulani Nemulodi¹  Gideon F. Steyn¹  Jacobus J. Lawrie¹  K. Vuyo Mjali¹  Stuart G. Dolley¹  Nieldane P. Stodart¹  Clive Naidoo¹  Hendrik W. Mostert¹  J. Garrett de Villiers¹  Joele P. Mira¹  Robert A. Bark¹  Mike E. Hogan¹  Johan van Niekerk¹  Faiçal Azaiez¹  Shadley Baard¹  Philip Beukes¹  Reiner W. Thomae¹  William D. Duckitt¹  J. Lowry Conradie¹  John C. Cornell¹  David Saal¹  Lyndon S. Anthony¹  A. Hugo Barnard¹  Herman du Plessis¹  Dirk T. Fourie¹  Pieter A. van Schalkwyk¹  Johan I. Broodryk¹ 

[1] iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, South Africa;

关键词: radionuclide production;    target stations;    targetry;    70 MeV cyclotron;   

DOI  :  10.3390/instruments2040029

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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