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Hasani M, Azadbar A. Comparison of Copper-61 Radioisotop Production Yield via Reactions of 64Zn(p,α)61Cu, natZn(p,x)61Cu, 61Ni(p,n)61Cu, and natNi(p,x)61Cu in Hospital Cyclotron using TALYS, EMPIRE, and MCNPX Nuclear Codes. Studies in Medical Sciences 2023; 33 (12) :823-838
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Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran (Corresponding Author) , arash_azadbar@yahoo.com
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Background & Aims: Copper-61 (61Cu) is a radioisotope with a half-life of 3.33 hours which decays to nickel-61 isotope byβ +
Materials & Methods: In this experimental study, the excitation functions of these reactions were calculated by TALYS-1/96 and EMPIRE-3-2-2 codes, and the best energy with highest reaction cross-section and lowest impurity was determined. The stopping power and target thickness at the selected energy were calculated by SRIM-2013 code. 61Cu production yield was obtained by integrating the production yield formula in MATLAB environment, and compared with the results of MCNPX-2/6 simulation and experimental works.
Results: The maximum yield of the TALYS code for 64Zn(p,α)61Cu, natZn(p,x)61Cu, 61Ni(p,n)61Cu, and natNi(p,x)61Cu at 14, 14, 9 and 20 MeV were 113/29, 55/07, 498/51 and 46/51 MBq/µAh, respectively. The maximum yield of the EMPIRE code for 64Zn(p,α)61Cu and 61Ni(p,n)61Cu at 14 and 9 MeV were 183/24 and 497/21 MBq/µAh, respectively. The maximum yield of MCNPX code for 64Zn(p,α)61Cu and 61Ni(p,n)61Cu at 14 and 9 MeV were 90/73 and 470/26 MBq/µAh, respectively. The maximum experimental yield of 64Zn(p,α)61Cu and 61Ni(p,n)61Cu at 14 and 9 MeV were 155 and 461/32 MBq/µAh, respectively.
Conclusion: It could be concluded from the comparison of simulation and experimental results that these results are in concurrence with 61Ni(p,n)61Cu at 9 MeV, and this reaction in this energy is the best reaction for producing 61Cu in hospital cyclotrons.
Materials & Methods: In this experimental study, the excitation functions of these reactions were calculated by TALYS-1/96 and EMPIRE-3-2-2 codes, and the best energy with highest reaction cross-section and lowest impurity was determined. The stopping power and target thickness at the selected energy were calculated by SRIM-2013 code. 61Cu production yield was obtained by integrating the production yield formula in MATLAB environment, and compared with the results of MCNPX-2/6 simulation and experimental works.
Results: The maximum yield of the TALYS code for 64Zn(p,α)61Cu, natZn(p,x)61Cu, 61Ni(p,n)61Cu, and natNi(p,x)61Cu at 14, 14, 9 and 20 MeV were 113/29, 55/07, 498/51 and 46/51 MBq/µAh, respectively. The maximum yield of the EMPIRE code for 64Zn(p,α)61Cu and 61Ni(p,n)61Cu at 14 and 9 MeV were 183/24 and 497/21 MBq/µAh, respectively. The maximum yield of MCNPX code for 64Zn(p,α)61Cu and 61Ni(p,n)61Cu at 14 and 9 MeV were 90/73 and 470/26 MBq/µAh, respectively. The maximum experimental yield of 64Zn(p,α)61Cu and 61Ni(p,n)61Cu at 14 and 9 MeV were 155 and 461/32 MBq/µAh, respectively.
Conclusion: It could be concluded from the comparison of simulation and experimental results that these results are in concurrence with 61Ni(p,n)61Cu at 9 MeV, and this reaction in this energy is the best reaction for producing 61Cu in hospital cyclotrons.
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