In order to update the recommended cross section data of IAEA for production of 111 In and 114m In through the 112 Cd(p,2n) and 114 Cd(p,n) reactions new measurements were performed. In stacked-foil irradiations with incident proton energy of 36.7 and 25 MeV on highly enriched 112 Cd and 114 Cd targets, the excitation functions for 109,110g,110m,111,113m,114m In were determined, relative to the monitor reactions nat Cu(p,x) 62,65 Zn. The results are compared with the available literature values (also extracted from measurements on nat Cd) and with data listed in the on-line library TENDL-2012 (calculated with the TALYS 1.4 theoretical code). The industrial, PC-controlled automated dissolution and separation chemistry apparatus for delivery of large quantities of nca 111 In and the recovery of enriched 112 Cd from processed irradiated targets are described.
MotivationThe use of 111 In in diagnostic nuclear medicine has been known for a long time. It has favourable decay characteristics ( 1/2 = 2.805 d, 100% EC) and emits two intense -rays that are in the preferred energy range for SPECT. Since its early application in labelling of blood platelets [1], useful