[Isotope-prod] My talk in Quebec

[George Neil]

Thanks George!  It is nice to have our own process but it looks to me 
like we could beat Argonne at their own game too.

George



On 7/27/2017 1:10 PM, George Kharashvili wrote:
> Both LEAF <http://www.ne.anl.gov/facilities/leaf/> at Argonne and 
> Idaho Accelerator Center 
> <http://iac.isu.edu/pdf/Cu-67InfoSheet.pdf> use Zn-68(gamma,p)Cu-67, 
> the National Isotope Development Center only lists 
> <https://www.isotopes.gov/catalog/product.php?element=Copper&type=rad&rad_product_index=15> the 
> BNL source, which also uses Zn-68 target, but with proton spallation. 
> There is also a Texas company USradiopharma 
> <http://usradiopharma.us/products/copper-67/> that lists Cu-67 
> production by Zn-70(p,alpha)Cu-67, but, as far as we know, they are 
> not producing any.
>
> LEAF:
> Started production of 100 mCi batches this year. Could increase it to 
> up to 2 Ci per week, but we should keep in mind that it could only be 
> produced periodically as they use the same machine for other work as 
> well. I could not obtain anything like a product fact-sheet, I assume 
> it is similar to the Idaho one below. Argonne does not sell it like 
> BNL. My understanding is that one would need to be in some 
> collaboration with them in order to obtain Cu-67 and in each case the 
> product may have different SA, purity, etc.
>
> Idaho Accelerator Center:
> Specific Actvity (mass): >10,000 mCi/mg, typically > 20,000 mCi/mg 
> Actvity: 2-100 mCi (delivered)
> Available: Weekly
> Shipment: Shipped dry chloride form
> Packaging: 2ml plastic v-bottom vial, crimp top
> Not intended for human use
>
> BNL:
> *Form* 	Copper (II) in 0.1-1.0 M HCl
> *Activity* 	2-12 mCi/ug (specific activity)
> >10-20 mCi/mL (concentration), or as
> specified by user
> *Radiopurity* 	>99% (exclusive of Cu-64); the Cu-64 content is ~60% 
> upon delivery (48 hours
> past EOB)
> /PRODUCTION/
> *Source* 	Spallation by protons on zinc-68 metal target
> *Processing* 	Dissolution, electrochemical deposition, and ion-exchange
> /DISTRIBUTION/
> *Shipment* 	Crimp-seal bottle
> *Availability* 	Regular production
> *Unit of Sale* 	Millicuries
>
>
>
> --
> George Kharashvili
> Jefferson Lab Radiation Control
> 757-269-6435
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Neil" <neil at jlab.org>
> To: isotope-prod at jlab.org
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:06:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Isotope-prod] My talk in Quebec
>
> Do we know anything about the (gamma, n) production approach that 
> Argonne is using in terms of production rates, isotopic contamination, 
> purity, etc? Their linac is 1/4 as powerful as LERF and low energy.
>
> George
>
>
>
> On 7/26/2017 4:28 PM, Andrew Hutton wrote:
>
>
>
> Everyone
>
> I will be presenting a talk by our collaboration at the conference on 
> Accelerator Applications next week in Quebec (AccApp’17).  I have 
> taken the talk which was presented this week by George Kharashvili to 
> our Science and Technology Review and added a couple of slides on LERF 
> and using the Energy Recovery mode.  I also added Argonne as a 
> supplier of Cu67.
>
> I would welcome any comments you may have.
>
> Thanks (and a big thanks to George K for doing all the work)
>
> Andrew
>
>
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