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Modeling and experimental production yield of 64Cu with natCu and natCu-NPs in Tehran Research Reactor

Authors :
Zahra Karimi
Mahdi Sadeghi
Arsalan Ezati
Source :
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol 51, Iss 1, Pp 269-274 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2019.

Abstract

64Cu is a favorable radionuclide in nuclear medicine applications because of its unique characteristics such as three types of decay (electron capture, β− and β+) and 12.7 h half-life. Production of 64Cu by irradiation natCu and natCuNPs in Tehran Research Reactor was investigated. The characteristics of copper nanoparticles were investigated with SEM, TEM and XRD analysis. The cross section of 63Cu(n,γ)64Cu reaction was done with TALYS-1.8 code. The activity value of 64Cu was calculated with theoretical approach and MCNPX-2.6 code. The results were compared with related experimental results which showed good adaptations between them. Keywords: 64Cu radioisotope, Copper nanoparticles, Production yield, MCNPX, TALYS-1.8

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17385733
Volume :
51
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fe5bf6952ece43a7b76524e3ba4a6370
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2018.08.008