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Production of cobalt-57 for industrial and medical applications in RFT-30 cyclotron facility

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Cobalt-57 (57Co) has emerged as a promising radionuclide and as an isotope for diagnostic and calibration sources. Herein, we report the production, chemical separation, and quality control of 57Co in an RFT-30 cyclotron facility. 57Co is produced via (p, 2p) nuclear reaction using an enriched 58Ni target material. Electrodeposits of 58Ni on Ag backing were obtained and irradiated using an incident proton beam energy of 17.4 MeV. The chemical separation of 57Co and recovery of the enriched 58Ni target material were simplified via a solid-phase extraction method. The radionuclide purity (> 99.9%) and metallic impurities (< 25 ppb) of purified 57Co were confirmed.

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This research was supported by the Nuclear R&D Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea, funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (2017M2A2A6A05016600, 2021M2E7A1079112 and RS-2023-00237149), and National science & Technology Information Service, Republic of Korea. We acknowledge researcher of the RFT-30 cyclotron facility at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Republic of Korea.

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    Jun Young Lee, JungHo Chae, Jongchul Lee, Injoo Hwang, Min Goo Hur & Jeong Hoon Park

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Lee, J.Y., Chae, J., Lee, J. et al. Production of cobalt-57 for industrial and medical applications in RFT-30 cyclotron facility. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 5097–5103 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08978-2

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