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Radioisotope Production The primary mission of the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Radioisotope Research and Production Program is to prepare certain commercially unavailable radioisotopes to distribute to the nuclear medicine community and industry, and to perform research to develop new radioisotopes desired by nuclear medicine investigators. In conjunction with this mission, the group also performs service irradiations, sells by-products and explores opportunities for new products and radioisotope applications as needed. The Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer (BLIP) consists of a beam line and target area for isotope production that uses protons up to 200 MeV energy and 105 µA intensity from the BNL Linac. The primary use of the Linac is as an injector to higher energy synchrotrons. Therefore BLIP generally operates parasitically with the BNL nuclear physics program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), although some independent running of BLIP also takes place to extend operations when necessary. The accelerator operating period in 2010 is scheduled from January through May, 2010. The availability of longer lived radioisotopes (i.e., Be-7, Ge-68, Zn-65, Tc-95m) extends well beyond the BLIP operating period. The High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) at BNL was also utilized for radioisotope production. However, the reactor was permanently closed in 1999 and reactor isotopes are no longer available from BNL. The BNL Isotope Program is capable of producing the radioisotopes listed below. Some isotopes not scheduled for production at BNL in 2010 may be available from Los Alamos National Laboratory. The research offerings are subject to a DOE review process and may not be available every year. Rental of hot cell space as well as irradiations not requiring chemical separation are also possible. Lengthy irradiations for physics experiments can be accommodated if compatible with ongoing radioisotope production. In this manner BLIP is currently supporting materials research for the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment at Fermi National Laboratory.
The DOE Isotope Program has centralized all business and service activities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Isotope Business Office, a part of the National Isotope Data Center, will issue quotations, accept orders, schedule shipments, invoice and collect payments. Therefore, please inquire for price, detailed schedule, and ordering information at: Isotope Business Office The
current DOE list of research isotopes is published at the ORNL website
listed above. Orders for these isotopes must be placed at least two months
in advance of production. For more
information contact
the Isotope Business Office at the address above.
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