NT & RP Journal
SIMULATION OF VANADIUM-48 PRODUCTION USING MCNPX CODE
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Vol. XXVII, No. 3, Pp. 199-332
September 2012
UDC 621.039+614.876:504.06
ISSN 1451-3994

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Pages: 269-273

Authors: Mahdi Sadeghi, Mahbobeh Mahmodi, Tayeb Kakavand, and Claudio Tenreiro

Abstract

Vanadium-48 was produced through the irradiation of the natural titanium target via the
natTi(p, xn)48V reaction. The titanium target was irradiated at 1µA current and by a 21 MeV proton beam for 4 hours. In this paper, the activity of 48V, 43Sc, and 46Sc radionuclides and the efficacy of the 47Ti(p,g), 48Ti(p, n), and 49Ti(p, 2n) channel reactions to form 48V radionuclide were determined using MCNPX code. Furthermore, the experimental activity of 48V was compared with the estimated value for the thick target yield produced in the irradiation time according to MCNPX code. Good agreement between production yield of the 48V and the simulation yield was observed. In conclusion, MCNPX code can be used for the estimation of the production yield.

Key words: activity, MCNP code, natural titanium, vanadium-48

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