99Tc in stars, reactors, and nuclear medicine
99Tc in stars, reactors, and nuclear medicine
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99Tc 在恒星、反应堆和核医学中的应用
DOI:
10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00883-8
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发表时间:
2022
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通讯作者:
Igashira Masayuki
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作者:
Nagai Yasuki;Igashira Masayuki
The roles of99gTc in stars and in nuclear fission reactors and that of99mTc in nuclear medicine that were studied using neutrons provided from accelerators are reported. In addition to the critical role of99gTc in stars, we also describe the roles of related light nuclei such as16O, and experimental studies on keV-neutron capture cross sections of these light nuclei that were performed using keV neutrons provided from a 3.2-MV Pelletron accelerator are reported. The keV-neutron capture cross section of99gTc, that is important in studies on the nucleosynthesis of99Tc in stars and on the nuclear transmutation of long-lived nuclear wastes produced in fission reactors, were measured. The cross sections of both light nuclei and99gTc were measured using a neutron time-of-flight method with a ns-pulsed neutron source from the7Li(p,n)7Be reaction and with an anti-Compton γ-ray NaI(Tl) spectrometer. The measurements reported here were compared with the values of recent worldwide evaluated nuclear data libraries.We proposed a method of producing99mTc from the100Mo(n,2n)99Mo reaction, and performed a99mTc production experiment using anatMo sample and MeV neutrons from thenatC(d,n) reaction by 40 MeV deuterons at a cyclotron. Calculations for the99mTc production with an enriched100Mo sample were also performed, and calculated results were compared with the experimental results. Moreover, the thermoseparation of99mTc from99Mo was discussed. As a result, it was shown that99mTc prepared by the thermoseparation using99Mo produced by the100Mo(n,2n)99Mo reaction can be a promising substitute for the fission product99Mo.