ABSTRACT
Since 2003, radiopharmaceuticals for medical diagnostic purposes have been produced at the Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear, in Brazil, using two cyclotron accelerators - CV-28 and RDS111. As a result of the ever increasing production, a diagnostic assessment to reduce neutron dose rates received by occupationally exposed individuals during irradiation processes has been developed. The purpose of this work is to present this assessment, which is currently being applied to both the Fluorine and Iodine targets of CV-28 and RDS111 cyclotron accelerators.
Subject(s)
Cesium Radioisotopes/analysis , Cyclotrons , Fluorine Radioisotopes/analysis , Neutrons , Occupational Exposure/analysis , Radiopharmaceuticals/chemistry , Humans , Neutron Activation Analysis , Radiation Dosage , Radiopharmaceuticals/chemical synthesisABSTRACT
Foi medida a função excitação da reação (65)Cu(3He,2n)66Ga. Bombardeamentos de empilhamentos de duas folhas de Cu foram feitos a várias energias utilizando-se feixes de 3He de até 36 MeV do ciclotron CV-28 do IEN. A energia inicial do feixe de 3He foi medida por espectrometria de particulas carregadas com detectores Si(Au) posicionados a 90 graus Celsius com a direção do feixe incidente. As ativações das amostras foram medidas efetuando-se espectrometria de raios gama usando-se detectores de HPGe. A função excitação medida foi comparada com as encontradas na literatura.
