FLEROV LABORATORY of NUCLEAR REACTIONS

FLNR Accelerator Department

Date and Time: Thursday, 8 June 2017, at 11:00 AM

Venue: Conference hall, Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions

Seminar topic: “Radioactive Ion Beam project and Isotope Production Facility for iThemba LABS. Current status and Future Prospects”

Speaker: J.Conradie, Head of the department of accelerators and engineering (iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa)

Abstract:

iThemba LABS is a multidisciplinary research institute that provides accelerator-based facilities for physical, biomedical and material sciences, treatment of cancer patients with neutrons and protons and the production of radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals. The demand for beam time by the 3 main users namely, radioisotope production, nuclear physics research and medical applications, by far exceeds the available time. A feasibility study for a new radioactive ion beam and radioisotope production facility at iThemba LABS is in progress. A dedicated isotope production facility is proposed, which will free the existing K=200 separated sector cyclotron facility for nuclear physics research with stable beams. The K=200 cyclotron will be used as driver for the production of radioactive beams. An overview of the proposed facilities will be given.