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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
2024-11-23 18:10 |
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2014 Meeting
Section: Nuclear and Elementary Particles Physics
Title:
Current Activities and Potentialities at the TR19 cyclotron in IFIN-HH
Authors:
Liviu Stefan CRĂCIUN, Tiberiu EȘANU, Cristina IONESCU, Dana NICULAE
Affiliation:
Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Romania
E-mail
cliviu@nipne.ro
Keywords:
cyclotron, radioisotope
Abstract:
A new cyclotron laboratory for radioisotope production and multi-disciplinary research is operational in IFIN-HH since 2012. The machine is a TR19 model manufactured by Advanced Cyclotron Systems and it is currently the third of its type installed in Europe. The cyclotron accelerates negative ions (H-) on a vertically arranged plane and by passing the ions through a thin pyrolytic carbon foil extract protons in the range 14-19 MeV energy. The TR19 is also the only one in its class to have an external ion source. The cyclotron is partially screened and equipped with two extraction doors that allows dual beam radiation with a proton beam whose intensity is continuously adjustable up to 300 microamps. On one side the beam is colimated through the target selector mounted on gimbals and moving in both the X and Y directions to accommodate targetry for radioisotope production. On the opposite side it is equipped with a specifically conceived 6 m long external beam line, ending in a separate bunker for research activities.
For this reason the machine can provide beams for routine 18F production for PET-CT imaging as well as for radiochemistry and radio-pharmacy developments, novel detector, radiation biophysics, and radioprotection. This facility will offer unique opportunities for R&D in the area of radiochemistry, material science, isotope production and their applications. In this work, the main elements of the accelerator facility will be briefly described and the beam lines development plan in the experimental hall will be presented.
The TR19 cyclotron is the core of the Radiopharmaceuticals Research Centre that would fulfill the urgent national need for a continuous and reliable supply of present and future radioisotopes for biomedical research and other applications, and serve as a training facility for the next generation of nuclear- and radiochemists.
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