The South African Isotope Facility

Autor: Conradie, Jacobus, Anthony, Lyndon, Azaiez, Faical, Baard, Shadley, Bark, Robert, Barnard, Adriaan, Beukes, Philip, Broodryk, Johan, Cornell, John, De Villiers, John, Du Plessis, Hermanus, Duckitt, William, Fourie, Dirk, Gardiner, Paul, Hogan, Mike, Kohler, Ivan, Lawrie, Jacobus, Lussi, Chris, Mantengu, Nkanyiso, McAlister, Rob, Mira, Joele, Mjali, Kadephi, Mostert, Hendrik, Naidoo, Clive, Nemulodi, Fhumulani, Sakildien, Muneer, Spannenberg, Vincent, Steyn, Gideon, Stodart, Nieldane, Thomae, Rainer, Van Niekerk, Martin, Van Schalkwyk, Pieter
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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DOI: 10.18429/jacow-ipac2018-tuzgbf4
Popis: iThemba LABS has developed a strategy to respond to the need to expand the research agenda of the facility, as well as to seize the opportunity to exploit the growing global demand for radioisotopes. This strategy will depend on the existing accelerator and isotope production infrastructure, as well as the acquisition of a cyclotron capable of accelerating protons to 70 MeV at beam currents in excess of 700 microampere. This development will be approached in two phases: Phase 1 will include the migration of the existing radioisotope production from the separated-sector cyclotron (SSC) to a new 70 MeV cyclotron. This rearrangement will increase the isotope production capability and also free up the SSC for research. In phase 2, beams of artificial isotopes will be produced at energies up to 5 MeV/nucleon to allow iThemba LABS to expand its research capabilities to new frontiers. The various different aspects of the proposed project will be discussed.
Proceedings of the 9th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Databáze: OpenAIRE