title: An overview of (124)I production at a medical cyclotron by ALICE/ASH, EMPIRE-3.2.2 and TALYS-1.6 codes.
abstract: Excitation functions of proton, deuteron and alpha induced nuclear reactions on enriched tellurium and antimony isotopes and also natural antimony were calculated by ALICE/ASH, EMPIRE-3.2.2 and TALYS-1.6 nuclear codes. Therefrom, the production yield of (124)I nuclide and its formed impurities were calculated by using the evaluation results. The calculated cross sections were compared with available experimental values in literatures. According to results, (124)Te(p,n)(124)I reaction is the method of choice due to formation of higher amount of (124)I nuclide and low levels of (125)I as an major concern in (124)I production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, P.O. Box 179, Ardabil, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Azizakram
authors.affiliation: Radiation Application Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, P.O. Box: 14395-836, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: msadeghi@nrcam.org.
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.affiliation: Radiation Application Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, P.O. Box: 14395-836, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Parviz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ashtari
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, P.O. Box 179, Ardabil, Iran.
authors.forename: Farhad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zolfagharpour
keywords: (124)I; ALICE/ASH; EMPIRE-3.2.2; Excitation function; Production yield; TALYS-1.6