Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Activation Radionuclides in the Process of Irradiation of a Niobium Target at the Cyclone 18/9 HC Cyclotrone

  • RADIATION SAFETY
  • Published:
Physics of Atomic Nuclei Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The accumulation of long-lived radionuclides (LRNs) produced in water [18O]H2O under irradiation at the Cyclone 18/9 HC cyclotron with a niobium target and an input window made of Havar alloy are studied. The most probable nuclear reactions of production and the main nuclear-physics characteristics of LRNs are considered. It is shown that the activity of the majority of LRNs is determined mainly by the dose accumulated by the target. The predominant source of LRNs is an input window made of Havar alloy. The niobium target is the source of the only radionuclide, 92mNb, with negligibly low activity. In the process of water activation, the 7Be and, probably, 65Zn isotopes are produced. The water [18O]H2O, irradiated at the cyclotron, is a dispersed system. Up to 30% of the activity of cobalt and manganese, as well as ~7% of that of chrome, are in the composition of solid particles with sizes of >5 μm washed out from the input foil of the cyclotron target or produced in the redox processes at high-temperature radiolysis of [18O]H2O water.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. L. Bowden, L. L. Vintró, P. I. Mitchell, R. G. O’Donnell, A. M. Seymour, and G. J. Duffy, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 67, 248 (2009).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. D. I. Brinkevich, S. D. Brinkevich, O. A. Baranovskii, G. V. Chizh, and A. A. Ivaniykovich, Med. Fiz., No. 1, 80 (2018).

  3. T. Dziel, Z. Tyminski, K. Sobczyk, A. Walecka-Mazur, and P. Kozanecki, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 109, 242 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. S. Mochizuki, Y. Ogata, K. Hatano, J. Abe, K. Ito, Y. Ito, M. Nishino, H. Miyahara, and N.J. Ishigure, Nucl. Sci. Technol. 43, 348 (2006).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. S. Ito, H. Sakane, S. Deji, T. Saze, and K. Nishizawa, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 64, 298 (2006).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. K. Kilian, M. Pegier, A. Pecal, and K. Pyrzynska, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 307, 1037 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. M. Kohler, D. Degering, J. Zessin, F. Fuchtner, and J. Konheiser, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 81, 268 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. M. Marengo, F. Lodi, S. Magi, G. Cicoria, D. Pancaldi, and S. Boschi, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 66, 295 (2008).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. M. A. Avila-Rodriguez, J. S. Wilson, and S. A. McQuarrie, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 66, 1775 (2008).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. S. D. Brinkevich, V. O. Krot, D. I. Brinkevich, O. V. Tugai, I. P. Edimecheva, and A. A. Ivanyukovich, Radiochemistry 61, 483 (2019).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. P. V. Tylets, O. V. Tugay, V. O. Krot, A. A. Ivaniykovich, S. A. Soroka, D. I. Brinkevich, S. D. Brinkevich, O. A. Baranovski, and G. V. Chizh, Izv. Akad. Nauk Belarusi, Khim. Ser. 54, 359 (2018). https://doi.org/10.29235/1561-8358-2019-64-4-477-484

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. D. J. Schlyer, M. L. Firouzbakht, and A. P. Wolf, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 44, 1459 (1993).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. D. Ferguson, P. Orr, J. Gillanders, G. Corrigan, and C. Marshall, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 69, 1479 (2011).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. A. A. Ivaniykovich, S. A. Soroka, V. O. Krot, D. I. Brinkevich, S. D. Brinkevich, G. V. Chizh, and R. L. Sverdlov, Med. Fiz., No. 4 (80), 59 (2018).

  15. R. Remetti, N. T. Burgio, M. Arcese, and M. A. Filannino, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 69, 1046 (2011).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. R. C. O’Donnell, I. Leon Vintro, C. J. Duffy, and P. I. Mitchell, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 60, 539 (2004).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. J. S. Wilson, M. A. Avila-Rodriguez, R. R. Johnson, A. Zyuzin, and S. A. McQuarrie, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 66, 565 (2008).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. S. Y. F. Chu, L. P. Ekström, and R. B. Firestone, The Lund/LBNL Nuclear Data Search. http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/toi/.

  19. V. Palmieri, O. Azzolini, E. Bempozad, D. de Felicis, R. R. Johnson, M. Renzelli, and H. Scliarova, J. Vacuum Sci. Technol. 37, 051510 (2019). https://doi.org/101116/1/5098168

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Havar Technical Data Sheet, Hamilton Precision Metals, Lancaster, PA. http://www.hpmetals.com/pdfs/havar.pdf.

  21. P. Guarino, S. Rizzo, E. Tomarchio, and D. Greco, in Cyclotrons and Their Applications—2007, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference, p. 295.

  22. M. Aygun, A. Cesur, M. Dogru, I. Boztosun, H. Dapo, M. Kanarya, M. F. Kuluozturk, S. S. Bal, and S. Karatepe, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 115, 97 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. J. M. Gillis, N. Najim, and J. Zweit, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 64, 431 (2006).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. S. N. Ivanov, S. I. Porollo, and A. M. Dvoriashin, Vopr. At. Nauki Tekh., Ser.: Materialoved. Nov. Mater., No. 2 (67), 222 (2006).

  25. A. Y. Didyk, S. V. Latyshev, V. K. Semina, A. E. Stepanov, A. L. Suvorov, A. S. Fedotov, and Yu. N. Cheblukov, Tech. Phys. Lett. 26, 751 (2000).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Belarusian State University, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    S. D. Brinkevich & D. I. Brinkevich

  2. Belarusian State Institute for Metrology, 220053, Minsk, Belarus

    A. N. Kiyko

Authors
  1. S. D. Brinkevich
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. D. I. Brinkevich
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. A. N. Kiyko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to S. D. Brinkevich.

Ethics declarations

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Translated by E. Smirnova

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Brinkevich, S.D., Brinkevich, D.I. & Kiyko, A.N. Activation Radionuclides in the Process of Irradiation of a Niobium Target at the Cyclone 18/9 HC Cyclotrone. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 83, 1732–1737 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778820090045

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778820090045

Keywords:

Search

Navigation