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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. Tuszewski et al.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 59 | Number 1 | January 2011 | Pages 23-26
doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A11566
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The Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) is a high-beta Compact Toroid that includes closed and open field line regions of poloidal magnetic field. Improving the transport properties of both regions is important for the overall FRC confinement and may be attempted in the C-2 device. The goal of this experiment is to explore FRC sustainment by combining heating and current drive from neutral beam injection and particle fueling from a pellet injector. Additions to the C-2 device may include magnetic mirror plugs, plasma guns, and electrically-biased limiters. These additions would permit us to explore combined FRC and mirror physics, with emphasis on improving the FRC confinement.
