Progress of photonuclear cross-sections for medical radioisotope production at the SLEGS energy domain

摘要: Photonuclear reactions using a laser Compton scattering (LCS) gamma source provide a new method for
producing radioisotopes for medical applications. Compared with the conventional method, this method has the
advantages of a high specific activity and less heat. Initiated by the Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source
(SLEGS), we conducted a survey of potential photonuclear reactions, (γ, n), (γ, p), and (γ, γ′ ) whose cross#2;
sections can be measured at SLEGS by summarizing the experimental progress. In general, the data are rare
and occasionally inconsistent. Therefore, theoretical calculations are often used to evaluate the production of
medical radioisotopes. Subsequently, we verified the model uncertainties of the widely used reaction code
TALYS-1.96, using the experimental data of the 100Mo(γ, n) 99Mo, 65Cu(γ, n) 64Cu, and 68Zn(γ, p) 67Cu reac#2;
tions.