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Compact Proton Linac for PET Isotope Production

PET (Positron Emission Tomography) facilities. Based on the revolutionary RFI Linac Structure, this unit offers higher isotope production rates together with lower acquisition, installation, shielding, operation, and maintenance costs than other known alternatives. While still under development, these projections are based on well-established accelerator development techniques.

Features:
 
ECR Microwave Ion Source
Einzel Lens LEBT
RFQ Linac to 0.75 MeV
RFI Linac to 12 MeV
Resonantly Coupled Linacs
Single Rf Power Drive Point
Tetrode Rf Power System

Parameters:
 

Beam Particle
Energy
Rf Frequency
Beam Current (peak)
          (average)
Beam Duty Factor
Pulse Length
Repetition Rate
Rf Power (peak)
          (average)
Proton
12  MeV
200  MHz
20  mA
400  micro Amps
2.0 %
20 microseconds
1000  Hz
700 kW
14 kW
 
Packaging (Linac Unit):
 
Length
Width 
Height (beam line)
Weight
4.5  m
0.7  m
1.2  m
1000  kg

Packaging (RF Power):
 

Electronic Racks 2 racks

Utilities:
 

Electrical Power
Accelerator Cooling
Target Cooling
30  kVA
9.2 kW
4.8 kW

Target Options:
 

One-to-Three Targets 
Simultaneous Irradiation
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