Conceptual achievement of 1GBq activity in a Plasma Focus driven system.
Appl Radiat Isot 2017;
129:211-214. [PMID:
28910692 DOI:
10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.08.028]
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Abstract
This is an approach to evaluate the radioisotope production by means of typical dense plasma focus devices. The production rate of the appropriate positron emitters, F-18, N-13 and O-15 has been studied. The beam-target mechanism was simulated by GEANT4 Monte Carlo tool using QGSP_BIC and QGSP_INCLXX physic models as comparison. The results for positron emitters have been evaluated by reported experimental data and found conformity between simulations and experimental reports that leads to using this code as a reliable tool in optimizing the DPF driven systems for achieving to 1GBq activity of produced radioisotope.
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