Production of Radioisotopes for Application Studies at RIKEN RI Beam Factory

Abstract

We are developing production technologies of radioisotopes (RIs) for application studies at RIKEN RI Beam Factory (RIBF). About 70 RIs produced at the AVF cyclotron have been used in research fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, medicine, pharmaceutical and environmental sciences. Purified RIs such as ⁶⁵Zn and ¹⁰⁹Cd are delivered to universities and institutes through Japan Radioisotope Association. A gas-jet transport system was installed in the RIKEN gas-filled recoil ion separator at the heavy-ion linear accelerator as a novel technique for chemical studies of the heaviest elements. Perspectives of RI productions for application studies at RIBF are briefly introduced.