Speaker
Antonino Pietropaolo
(ENEA Department of Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security)
Description
After the 2009 $^{99m}$Tc global crisis, the scientific community is in search of alternative routes for producing $^{99}$Mo, the precursor of $^{99m}$Tc, presently produced at fission research reactors using U-235-containing targets.
International organizations such as IAEA, NEA and OECD have indicated a series of possible alternatives, based on particles accelerators as well as fast neutron reactions.
In this contribution we will present an approach based on the $^{100}$Mo(n,2n)$^{100}$Mo reactions induced by 14 MeV fusion neutrons generated at a compact accelerator-driven D-T source.
Also, a brief discussion on the production of theranostic radionuclides like $^{64}$Cu will be presented.
Primary author
Antonino Pietropaolo
(ENEA Department of Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security)
Co-authors
Dr
Marco Capogni
(ENEA)
Dr
Mauro Capone
(ENEA)
Dr
Silvia Palomba
(ENEA and Uni ToV)
Dr
Gaia Delle Piane
( LHEP University of Bern)
Dr
Rita Falconi
(Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza)
