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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.”
T. D. Akhmetov, A. A. Ivanov, V. V. Prikhodko
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 59 | Number 1 | January 2011 | Pages 43-46
doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A11571
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Recent upgrade of the neutral beam system has resulted in considerable improvement of the plasma parameters in the gas dynamic trap experiment. With injection of 5 ms, 20 keV, 4.5 MW neutral beams the electron temperature approaching 250 eV was obtained. At the same time maximal plasma beta attained about 60%. Further progress in plasma temperature and pressure could only be possible with considerable increase of the magnetic field in the central solenoid and re-optimization of its profile to improve stability of high-beta plasma, as well as with extension of the neutral beam pulse. Possible steps in this direction are considered in this paper.
