Name: Compact Accelerators for Isotope Production
Start: 2015-03-26T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2015-03-27T18:20:00+00:00
Location: Cockcroft Institute

Compact Accelerators for Isotope Production

from Thursday 26 March 2015 (08:00) to Friday 27 March 2015 (18:20)

Monday 23 March 2015
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Wednesday 25 March 2015
Thursday 26 March 2015

08:00 Arrival, Registration and Coffee
Arrival, Registration and Coffee
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B

Coach from Doubletree Chester
Coach from Doubletree Chester
08:00 - 08:30

09:00 Welcome from Susan Smith (Director, Daresbury) and Peter Ratoff (Director, Cockcroft)
Welcome from Susan Smith (Director, Daresbury) and Peter Ratoff (Director, Cockcroft)
09:00 - 09:10
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
09:10 Isotope Needs in Europe - Ulli Koester (Institut Max von Laue-Paul Langevin (FR))
Isotope Needs in Europe
- Ulli Koester (Institut Max von Laue-Paul Langevin (FR))
09:10 - 09:40
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
09:40 99mTc Production Needs in the UK - Alan Perkins (University of Nottingham)
99mTc Production Needs in the UK
- Alan Perkins (University of Nottingham)
09:40 - 10:10
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
10:10 99mTc Production Development at TRIUMF - Paul Schaffer (TRIUMF)
99mTc Production Development at TRIUMF
- Paul Schaffer (TRIUMF)
10:10 - 10:40
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
10:40 Cyclotron-based Tc-99m: Targetry, Processing, Quality, and Mo - Katie Gagnon (University of Alberta)
Cyclotron-based Tc-99m: Targetry, Processing, Quality, and Mo
- Katie Gagnon (University of Alberta)
10:40 - 11:10
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
11:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:30
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
11:30 Compact high-current FFAG for isotope production - Rob Edgecock (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))
Compact high-current FFAG for isotope production
- Rob Edgecock (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
12:00 Compact High Field Cyclotrons for N13 Ammonia and FDG - Timothy Antaya (Antaya Science and Technology)
Compact High Field Cyclotrons for N13 Ammonia and FDG
- Timothy Antaya (Antaya Science and Technology)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
12:30 Production of medical isotopes from a thorium target irradiated by light charged particles up to 70 MeV - Charlotte Duchemin (SUBATECH)
Production of medical isotopes from a thorium target irradiated by light charged particles up to 70 MeV
- Charlotte Duchemin (SUBATECH)
12:30 - 13:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
13:00 Buffet Lunch
Buffet Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
14:00 Compact weak focusing cyclotrons for radioisotope production: status of AMIT project - Concepcion Oliver (CIEMAT)
Compact weak focusing cyclotrons for radioisotope production: status of AMIT project
- Concepcion Oliver (CIEMAT)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
14:30 IBA isotope production - Jean-Michel Geets (IBA)
IBA isotope production
- Jean-Michel Geets (IBA)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
15:00 Alliance production of radioisotopes - Philip Webster (Alliance Healthcare)
Alliance production of radioisotopes
- Philip Webster (Alliance Healthcare)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
15:30 GE use of cyclotrons for isotope production - Uno Zetterberg (GE)
GE use of cyclotrons for isotope production
- Uno Zetterberg (GE)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:20
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
16:20 BEST Cyclotron Systems and their applications - Richard Johnson (BEST)
BEST Cyclotron Systems and their applications
- Richard Johnson (BEST)
16:20 - 16:50
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
16:50 Progress on the Oniac - Svetlana Gossmann-Levchuk (Siemens)
Progress on the Oniac
- Svetlana Gossmann-Levchuk (Siemens)
16:50 - 17:20
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
17:20 A compact, low-energy accelerator for medical radionuclide production: yields and isotopic purity - William Webster (University of Cambridge)
A compact, low-energy accelerator for medical radionuclide production: yields and isotopic purity
- William Webster (University of Cambridge)
17:20 - 17:50
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
17:50 The MEDICIS Project - Thierry Stora (CERN)
The MEDICIS Project
- Thierry Stora (CERN)
17:50 - 18:20
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
18:30 Depart for Doubletree Hotel
Depart for Doubletree Hotel
18:30 - 19:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B

19:30 Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
19:30 - 22:30
Friday 27 March 2015

08:00 Coach from Doubletree Hotel
Coach from Doubletree Hotel
08:00 - 08:30
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B

08:30 Arrival and Coffee
Arrival and Coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
09:00 OPENMED: A Biomedical Facility at the Low Energy Ion Ring - Ghislain Roy (CERN)
OPENMED: A Biomedical Facility at the Low Energy Ion Ring
- Ghislain Roy (CERN)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
09:30 Laser production of radioisotopes - Rob Clarke (STFC)
Laser production of radioisotopes
- Rob Clarke (STFC)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
10:00 A compact RFQ for isotope production in hospitals - Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)
A compact RFQ for isotope production in hospitals
- Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:50
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
10:50 High power liquid target for 18F - Matthew Stokely (BTI Targetry)
High power liquid target for 18F
- Matthew Stokely (BTI Targetry)
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
11:20 Radioisotope yields and operating experience with a new 7.8 MeV cyclotron for point of demand isotope production: why the tabletop is not big enough - Mikael Jensen (Risoe-DTU, technical University of Denmark)
Radioisotope yields and operating experience with a new 7.8 MeV cyclotron for point of demand isotope production: why the tabletop is not big enough
- Mikael Jensen (Risoe-DTU, technical University of Denmark)
11:20 - 11:50
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
11:50 Radiation Protection and Radiation Safety for Particle Accelerator Facilities - Joachim Vollaire (CERN)
Radiation Protection and Radiation Safety for Particle Accelerator Facilities
- Joachim Vollaire (CERN)
11:50 - 12:20
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
12:20 Monograph on cyclotron-produced Sodium (99mTc) pertechnetate in the European Pharmacopoeia - Ondrej Lebeda (Nuclear Physics Institute AS CR, p.r.i.)
Monograph on cyclotron-produced Sodium (99mTc) pertechnetate in the European Pharmacopoeia
- Ondrej Lebeda (Nuclear Physics Institute AS CR, p.r.i.)
12:20 - 12:50
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B
13:00 Buffet Lunch
Buffet Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B

14:00 Discussion Session and Conclusions
Discussion Session and Conclusions
14:00 - 16:00
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B

16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B

17:00 Tour of Daresbury Accelerators
Tour of Daresbury Accelerators
17:00 - 18:20
Room: Lecture Theatre A/B

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