Open Access
Issue
ND 2007
2007
Article Number 365
Number of page(s) 3
Section Medical and environmental applications
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ndata:07340
Published online 17 June 2008
International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology 2007
DOI: 10.1051/ndata:07340

ARRONAX, a high intensity cyclotron in Nantes

F. Haddad1, N. Michel1, A. Guertin1, J. Barbet2, J.F. Chatal2 and J. Martino1

1  SUBATECH, IN2P3-CNRS, Université de Nantes, École des Mines de Nantes, Nantes, France
2  Département de Recherche en Cancérologie, Inserm, Université de Nantes, U601, Nantes, France


Published online: 21 May 2008

Abstract
A cyclotron named ARRONAX is being built in Nantes (France). It is mainly devoted to radiochemistry and nuclear medicine research and will be operational the last quarter of 2008. This machine will accelerate both protons and α-particles at high energy (up to 70 MeV) and high intensity (2 simultaneous proton beams with intensity up to 350 µA). In nuclear medicine, these characteristics will allow the cyclotron to produce a large variety of radionuclides on a regular schedule and in sufficient amount to perform clinical trials. A priority list of 12 radioisotopes, which contains isotopes for therapeutic use as well as for PET imaging, has been established by an international scientific committee. In radiochemistry, a vertical pulsed α-beam will allow fundamental studies of radiolysis in aqueous media, which is of great interest for radiobiology and for nuclear waste management.



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