Medical Isotope and Cyclotron Facility

[@thenorm8489]

but... i just watched a video about a technicium generator running a saline solution past radioactive moly....is this the same technicium?

[@annonannon3977]

This is the difficult way to do it. Nuclear reactors are much more efficient, but for political reasons and the debacles over the MAPLE reactors, people now love to hate reactors. Reactors have much much higher neutron fluxes and are just better in very way

[@daltonagronomo1652]

Nuclear electricity is doomed. Too expensive. I live in Brazil.

[@pramodiniudgata7125]

Annon Annon Nuclear reactors are way more expensive than cyclotrons and pose danger of radiation if not properly maintained.

[@higherperspectivephotography]

While reactors are certainly a good way to produce large amounts of Mo99 for Tc99m generators, they also require extensive infrastructure. There are only a handful of facilities across the globe that produce the world's supply. There are often supply chain interruptions, outages and general mishaps that mean there's a scramble to keep up with global demand. This results in shortages, and means backup supply is needed. There is a much higher cost per GBq for cyclotron-produced Tc99m, but it ensures that supply is still there to meet the patient demand. Offsetting production energy costs with solar is also a way to make this cheaper.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

@@daltonagronomo1652 60% of our electrical power in the province of Ontario is nuclear. We love nuclear power here.

[@louistournas120]

What is the target made of?

[@BiggsHoson47]

If it's being used to generate 99m-Tc (a Technetium atom with an atomic weight of 99 units in an "excited" state), then the target is likely 100-Mo (Molybdenum). When the protons in the ring smash into the 100-Mo target, they stick to the nucleus and cause it to eject two neutrons, leaving 99m-Tc atom, which decays via the release of 140 keV photons with a half-life of about 6 hours (hence the need to make the isotopes near where you are going to use them -- if it took you a day to get them to their final destination only 1/16th of the product would still be radioactive!).

[@jimawhitaker]

Remarkable... I can see why the cost is so high....

[@Tadesan]

That's some sophisticated computer!

[@kevinbarnes2806]

🤣

[@jackb3493]

That multimillion dollar facility with laminated A4 paper denoting the facility doors makes me smile

[@MrBlackychan2010]

Right behind our track at foote field!!

[@anurag.thakur]

I just studied it in my book

[@hitech2123]

I also

[@anurag.thakur]

@@hitech2123 physics 12th?

[@Harsh-dh4eb]

same by pw

[@akanshakumari5259]

@@Harsh-dh4eb me too

[@Harsh-dh4eb]

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[@pradumnram3671]

Some we have to

[@Carl-Ernst-Otto-Kunze]

The jig