Comparative Study for the Production of a Selected Radionuclides Via Different Nuclear Reaction Routes

Abstract

Studies of excitation functions of charged particles induced reactions play an important role in many practical applications in medicine, industry, agriculture. Induced nuclear reactions are of considerable significance for evaluating their use as monitor reactions for determining the energy and intensity of the bombarding beam. As well as for optimization of the beam parameters in the thin layer activation technique (TLA) used for wear, corrosion or erosion measurements. Nickel is an important element from practical point of view, being used as a target material in accelerator production of medical radionuclides. The proton induced reaction cross section of nickel has a wide range of applications in nuclear technology. It also plays an important role for the production of isotopes such as 60,61,64Cu,55,57,58Co and 57Ni. 61Cu and 64Cu are very important radiomedical isotopes, both are promising in nuclear medicine. The well-known stacked foil technique in combination with HPGe γ-ray spectroscopy was used. The measured data compared with the previously reported experimental data and also with the results of theoretical calculations using nuclear models codes ALICE-IPPE and EMPIRE-3.2.2 as well as TENDL-2017. The present results agree well with the previously reported experimental data, the calculations of the theoretical nuclear models codes ALICE-IPPE and EMPIRE-3.2.2 as well as TENDL-2017.