The TALYS code: TALYS is a computer code system Rhenium-186, having a half-life of 90.64 h, is an important radionuclide, used in metabolic radiotherapy and radio immunotherapy. 186 Re hydroxyethylidene diphosphonate (HEDP) is a new compound used for the palliation of painful skeletal metastases. Its production is achieved via charged-particle-induced reactions; the data are available in EXFOR library. For the work discussed in this paper, production of 186 Re was done via nat W(p,n) 186 Re nuclear reaction. Pellets of nat W were used as targets and were irradiated with 15, 17.5, 20, 22.5, 25 MeV proton beams at 5 µA current. The radiochemical separation was performed by the ion exchange chromatography method. The production yield achieved at 25 MeV was 1.91 MBq·µA -1 ·h -1 .Excitation functions for the 186 Re radionuclide, via 186 W(p,n) 186 Re and 186 W(d,2n) 186 Re reactions were calculated by ALICE-ASH and TALYS-1.0 codes to validate and fit the experimental data and to obtain a recommended set of data for 186 W(p,n) 186 Re reaction. Required thickness of the targets was obtained by SRIM code for each reaction.

She also holds two MSc degrees, one in Nuclear Engineering and another in Construction Project Management, from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. She is a Project Management Professional certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Dr. Saidi is a member of the board of directors at Parsikan Iran Engineering & Management Consultants. She is a skilled project planner with more than 18 years of experience in design and research and development projects. She is the author of more than 30 scientific papers and conference communications, recipient of the 2012 ICTR-PHE best poster award, and the author of four book chapters published by IntechOpen.