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Study on (n,p) reactions of 58Ni, 99Tc, 99Ru, 131Xe, 133Cs and 186Os radioisotopes used in medicine

  • Hallo M. Abdullah (Department of Physics, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Hawler) ;
  • Ali H. Ahmed (Department of Physics, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Hawler)
  • Received : 2022.07.27
  • Accepted : 2022.09.12
  • Published : 2023.01.25
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Abstract

In the last decade, nuclear medicine appears to be a good choice of medicine. 58Co, 99Mo, 99Tc, 99Re, 133Xe and 186Re are very important radionuclides for nuclear medicine. In this study, the excitation functions of 58Ni (n, p) 58Co, 99Tc (n, p) 99Mo, 99Ru (n, p) 99Tc, 131Xe (n, p) 131I, 133Cs (n, p) 133Xe and 186Os (n, p) 186Re nuclear reactions were calculated at neutron energies between 1 and 20 MeV using TALYS 1.95 and EMPIRE 3.2 nuclear codes. Furthermore, the cross sections were calculated with the empirical formula derived in our past study at 14-15 MeV. The obtained results were compared with the measured values in EXFOR library, and with the evaluated data of (JENDL-4.0/HE, JEFF-3.3, TENDL-2019, ENDF/B-VIII.0, IRDFF-II, JENDL/ImPACT-18). The results are in good agreement with those of the evaluated data libraries and experimental results and indicates that these radioisotopes can be produced by smaller cyclotrons.

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