The possibility of producing large quantities of iodine isotopes of high purity in internal and external targets of a CV-28 cyclotron in reactions on protons and deuterons is studied. The advantage of using low-energy cyclotrons for such purposes is examined. It is shown that the use of a special technology for preparing targets from tellurium and a method of removing the heat released at a target irradiated by a proton beam will make it possible to produce in the CV-28 a large quantity of iodine isotopes in a relatively short time 1–2 h.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 109, No. 5, pp. 284–288, November, 2010.
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Petrusenko, Y.T., Nikolaichuk, L.I., Tutubalin, A.I. et al. Production of medical 123–125I in the CV-28 cyclotron using tellurium targets. At Energy 109, 350–354 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-011-9367-7
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