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Chris Wagner: The role of Eden Radioisotopes in the future of nuclear medicine
Chris Wagner has more than 40 years of experience in nuclear medicine, beginning as a clinical practitioner before moving into leadership roles at companies like Mallinckrodt (now Curium) and Nordion. His knowledge of both the clinical and the manufacturing sides of nuclear medicine laid the groundwork for helping to found Eden Radioisotopes, a start-up venture that intends to make diagnostic and therapeutic raw material medical isotopes like molybdenum-99 and lutetium-177.
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A 1.2 m thick zone of blanket tubes is needed for the LIBRA-SP chamber wall to be a lifetime component. The roof should be located at 17 m from the target to be a lifetime component. The depth of the LiPb pool should be 0.6 m for the bottom plate to be a lifetime component. The required biological shield thickness is 2.5 m on the side and 2.6 m at the top. The overall TBR is 1.435 and the overall energy multiplication is 1.18. The diode casing as well as the cathode and anode feed bus-bars are lifetime components. If ceramic insulators are used in the magnet coils, they will be lifetime components. If organic insulators are used, the coils have to be replaced once in the life of the reactor.