Excitation function for deuteron induced nuclear reactions on natural ytterbium for production of high specific activity 177g Lu in no-carrier-added form for metabolic radiotherapy.
Deuteron-induced nuclear reactions for generation of no-carrier-added Lu radionuclides were investigated using the stacked-foil activation technique on natural Yb targets at energies up to E(d)=18.18 MeV. Excitation functions of the reactions (nat)Yb(d,xn)(169,170,171,172,173,174g,174m,176m,177g)Lu and (nat)Yb(d,pxn)(169,175,177)Yb have been measured, among them three ((169)Lu, (174m)Lu and (176m)Lu) are reported for the first time. The upper limit of the contamination from the long-lived metastable level (177m)Lu was evaluated too. Thick-target yields for all investigated radionuclides are calculated.
Manenti
Simone
S
LASA, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN-Milano, via F.lli Cervi 201, I-20090 Segrate (MI), Italy. simone.manenti@mi.infn.it
Groppi
Flavia
F
Gandini
Andrea
A
Gini
Luigi
L
Abbas
Kamel
K
Holzwarth
Uwe
U
Simonelli
Federica
F
Bonardi
Mauro
M
D003903:Deuterium / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008187:Lutetium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D015018:Ytterbium / Q000737:chemistry*
D011868:Radioisotopes; D008187:Lutetium; D003903:Deuterium; D015018:Ytterbium