| Literature DB >> 29066213 |
M Capogni1, A Pietropaolo2, L Quintieri3, A Fazio3, P De Felice3, M Pillon2, A Pizzuto2.
Abstract
A severe supply crisis of 99Mo, precursor of 99mTc a diagnostic radionuclide largely used in Nuclear Medicine, occurred in 2008-2009 due to repeated shut-down of the two main (aged) fission reactors. An alternative route for producing 99Mo by 100Mo(n,2n)99Mo reaction was investigated at ENEA. The experiment, designed according to Monte Carlo simulations performed with the Fluka code, produced 99Mo by irradiating a natural Molybdenum powdered target with 14MeV neutrons produced at the Frascati Neutron Generator. The 99Mo specific activity was measured at metrological level by γ-ray spectrometry.Entities:
Keywords: (99)Mo by 14MeV neutrons; (99m)Tc supply crisis; Fluka Monte Carlo code; γ-ray spectrometry
Year: 2017 PMID： 29066213 DOI： 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.10.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Radiat Isot ISSN： 0969-8043 Impact factor: 1.513