An automated system for oxygen-18 water recovery and fluorine-18 delivery

BNL has recently purchased an EBCO TR-19 cyclotron for routine isotope production. A system has been built to recover oxygen-18 enriched water from the fluorine-18 target, and then transport the F-18 a distance of 50m to a shielded dose splitter. The remotized system provides the operator with feedb...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 2005-12, Vol.241 (1-4), p.660-664
Main Authors: Schueller, Michael J., Ferrieri, Richard A., Schlyer, David J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fluorine-18
Isotope transfer
Target recovery
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Summary:BNL has recently purchased an EBCO TR-19 cyclotron for routine isotope production. A system has been built to recover oxygen-18 enriched water from the fluorine-18 target, and then transport the F-18 a distance of 50m to a shielded dose splitter. The remotized system provides the operator with feedback on flow rates and radiation levels during processing. Recovery of the 2.6mL of enriched water and transport of the F-18 to the radiochemistry labs takes under 10min, with more than 80% of the activity arriving in the chemistry lab.
ISSN:0168-583X
1872-9584
DOI:10.1016/j.nimb.2005.07.114