“…Therefore generation of nuclear and chemical data for the production of ruthenium radionuclides became important. Amongst all other ruthenium radioisotopes, 97 Ru became most important candidate in nuclear medicine (T 1/2 = 2.83 d; decay mode: EC (100 %); two intense low energy c-lines: 216 keV, 324 keV). Presently 97 Ru are produced with the help of both neutron and light charged particle induced reactions, like 96 Ru(n, c), 103 Rh (p, 5n 2p), nat Ag(p, xn yp), 99 Tc(p, 3n), nat Mo( 3 He, xn), nat Mo(a, xn), 95 Mo(a, 2n), etc.…”