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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.”
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 59 | Number 4 | May 2011 | Pages 647-650
Technical Paper | Sixteenth Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC-16) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A11728
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Work has been done to assess the ability of electron cyclotron emission (ECE) measurements to resolve rotating magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) islands in the high-temperature plasmas of ITER. In ITER discharges the high electron temperature will cause relativistic broadening of ECE frequencies, significantly larger than experienced in current magnetic fusion devices. The broadening will result in spatial averaging of measured Te oscillations and hence a reduction of resolution. This effect is quantified by using a code that calculates the EC absorption and emission for an ITER scenario, and by using simulated Te data the reduction in amplitude is determined. It is found that the reduction is modest and that it should be possible to measure MHD islands of 1 cm and larger.
