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First astatine-labeled compound shipped in the U.S.
The Department of Energy’s National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) on March 31 announced the successful long-distance shipment in the United States of a biologically active compound labeled with the medical radioisotope astatine-211 (At-211). Because previous shipments have included only the “bare” isotope, the NIDC has described the development as “unleashing medical innovation.”
M. Hagiwara, T. Itoga, N. Kawata, N. Hirabayashi, T. Oishi, T. Yamauchi, M. Baba, M. Sugimoto, T. Muroga
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 48 | Number 3 | November 2005 | Pages 1320-1328
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A1081
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
To improve the data accuracy of the neutron emission spectra of the natLi(d,xn) reaction that will be used as the neutron source in the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility, the authors have measured the neutron emission spectra from thick and thin lithium targets bombarded by 40-MeV deuterons at the AVF cyclotron (K = 110) facility of Tohoku University. The neutron spectra were measured at nine laboratory angles between 0 and 110 deg with the time-of-flight method using a beam-swinger system and a well-collimated neutron flight channel, obtained over almost the entire energy range of secondary neutrons using a two-gain method. The data obtained revealed the shape and angular dependence of emission spectra up to the high-energy region called a "high-energy tail." The experimental results are compared with other experimental data and calculations.