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Possibilities for the production of radioisotopes for nuclear-medicine problems by means of photonuclear reactions

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For electrons of energy about 55 MeV that create an average current of about 40 µA, it is shown that the production of many of the radioisotopes important for nuclear medicine is possible in significant amounts.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Shestidesyatiletiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    L. Z. Dzhilavyan

  2. Lebedev Institute of Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 117924, Russia

    A. I. Karev & V. G. Raevsky

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Original Russian Text © L.Z. Dzhilavyan, A.I. Karev, V.G. Raevsky, 2011, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2011, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 1728–1734.

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Dzhilavyan, L.Z., Karev, A.I. & Raevsky, V.G. Possibilities for the production of radioisotopes for nuclear-medicine problems by means of photonuclear reactions. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 74, 1690–1696 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778811120040

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