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| + | Single neutron knockout of Ra-226 goes to Ra-225 which decays to Ac-226 after 14 days. Ac-226 is a beta emitter with a half life of 29 hours. | ||
==Ac-227 (Cancer Therapy)== | ==Ac-227 (Cancer Therapy)== | ||
Revision as of 22:53, 13 July 2020
Current production facilities
Ac-225
An alpha emitter for Cancer Therapy
made at : BNL (BLIP), LANL (IPF), ORNL
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-scientists-actinium-rare-medical-radioisotope.html
Ac-226
Single neutron knockout of Ra-226 goes to Ra-225 which decays to Ac-226 after 14 days. Ac-226 is a beta emitter with a half life of 29 hours.
Ac-227 (Cancer Therapy)
ORNL (HFIR)