Study
of
the Production of Mo and Tc Medical Radioisotopes Via Proton
Induced Nuclear
Reaction on natMo,
A. Alharbi, Princess Nora
University, Saudi
Arabia − 99mTc radioisotope is a very
important medical
radioisotope for diagnostic tests. In
this work an alternative root of producing this isotope, either
directly or
through the generator 99Mo (99mTc ) ,
namely using
cyclotrons, is introduced and discussed. The excitation functions
for the different
proton-induced nuclear reactions on natMo target are
measured and
compared with some previously measured data. This study aims to
release some contradictions
between the existing data, and to give a reliable data set for
the production
of 99mTc and some other isotopes of importance in
nuclear medicine
beside some impurities. Some
monitoring
reactions on Al And Cu targets are also measured and compared
with the recommended
IAEA data sets, in order to give high degree of consistency to
our results. The
present excitation functions confirms some
previously measured sets, while contradicts with others.
Therefore, further experimental
studies are needed to obtain a recommended cross-section values
for the
production of 99Mo, 94gTc, 95gTc
and 99mTc
via proton induced reactions. Theoretical
code
calculations using TALYS code are performed and show a good
consistency
with the measured cross section values. The code calculations
can be used for
cross section estimations, when no enough experimental data are
existing. Furthermore,
the integral or thick target
yields are estimated based on the measured excitation functions
for all the
investigated reactions.