Development of New Target Stations for the South African Isotope Facility
oleh: Gideon F. Steyn, Lyndon S. Anthony, Faiçal Azaiez, Shadley Baard, Robert A. Bark, A. Hugo Barnard, Philip Beukes, Johan I. Broodryk, J. Lowry Conradie, John C. Cornell, J. Garrett de Villiers, Stuart G. Dolley, Herman du Plessis, William D. Duckitt, Dirk T. Fourie, Mike E. Hogan, Ivan H. Kohler, Jacobus J. Lawrie, Chris Lussi, Joele P. Mira, K. Vuyo Mjali, Hendrik W. Mostert, Clive Naidoo, Fhumulani Nemulodi, David Saal, Nieldane P. Stodart, Reiner W. Thomae, Johan van Niekerk, Pieter A. van Schalkwyk
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| Diterbitkan: | MDPI AG 2018-12-01 |
Deskripsi
The development of new target stations for radioisotope production based on a dedicated 70 MeV commercial cyclotron (for protons) is described. Currently known as the South African Isotope Facility (SAIF), this initiative will free the existing separated-sector cyclotron (SSC) at iThemba LABS (near Cape Town) to mainly pursue research activities in nuclear physics and radiobiology. It is foreseen that the completed SAIF facility will realize a three-fold increase in radioisotope production capacity compared to the current programme based on the SSC.