Study of the Medical Isotope <superscript>177</superscript>Lu Production in Photonuclear Reactions on <superscript>178</superscript>Hf-Enriched Targets.

This paper presents the results of studying the yield averaged over the bremsstrahlung flux of the promising medical radioisotope 177 Lu in the (γ, p) reaction from hafnium targets enriched in 178 Hf (92%) after irradiation with electron bremsstrahlung at a cutoff energy of 55 MeV. An assessment is made of the conditions under which the 177 Lu can be produced in quantities necessary for nuclear medicine. The amount of 177m Lu and other accompanying isotopes of lutetium that form simultaneously with 177 Lu in the proposed production method is estimated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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