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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.
David R. Terry, Jeffrey A. Casey, Patrick A. MacGibbon, William M. Burke, Atma D. Kanojia, Lihua Zhou, J. A. Stillerman
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 56 | Number 1 | July 2009 | Pages 119-124
Plasma Engineering and Diagnostics | Eighteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Part 1) | doi.org/10.13182/FST09-A8887
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An upgrade to the transmitter protection system (TPS) is being designed as part of the scheduled expansion of the Alcator C-Mod Lower Hybrid Current Drive (LHCD) transmitter system from 12 to 16 klystrons. The upgrade design is being done as collaborative effort between Alcator C-Mod and Rockfield Research, Inc. as Phases 1 and II of a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant. A plan is in place to first implement the new design for the cart supporting 4 additional klystrons and then to upgrade the TPS for the existing three carts supporting the 12 existing klystrons. Some parts must be added before longer pulse operation. Experience in operating the existing LHCD system and a study of the klystron design have indicated a need for this upgrade to improve the protection to the klystrons, improve reliability and noise immunity, improve personnel safety and reduce the size of the system.
