A new method for production of the Sr-82 generator radionuclide and other medical radionuclides

A cyclotron (C-80) designed to produce protons with an energy of 40–80 MeV and beam intensity of 100–200 $\mu$A has been launched at the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, National Research Center Kurchatov Institute. The main task of C-80 is the production of a wide range of medical radionuclides for diagnosis and therapy. A complex named Radioactive Isotopes on the C-80 Cyclotron (RIC-80) and intended to function on the C-80 beam was developed for this purpose. A brief description of the RIC-80 complex is given, and the results of the use of new methods and studies of target devices for the production of the generator radioisotope $^{223}$Ra, $^{224}$Ra, and $^{225}$Ас radioisotopes that undergo alpha-decay; $^{67}$Cu; and other medical radionuclides are presented. The use of a mass separator in the “on-line” mode to obtain ion beams of high-purity radioisotopes is a distinctive feature of the complex used in the project, and it is especially important for medical applications.