Evaluation of nuclear-reactor-produced iodine-123

Med Phys. 1976;3(5):358-9. doi: 10.1118/1.594243.

Abstract

Iodine-123 has such great potential to nuclear medicine that all possible production methods should be considered. In this report an experimental study related to 123l production at a high-intensity fast flux reactor using the reaction 124Xe(n,2n)123Xe is considered. The conclusion is that 123l could be made in small quantities and the cost would be higher than the cyclotron methods presently used.

MeSH terms

  • Fast Neutrons
  • Iodine Radioisotopes*
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Xenon Radioisotopes

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Xenon Radioisotopes