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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.
H. W. Hendel, D. L. Jassby
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 106 | Number 2 | October 1990 | Pages 114-137
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A27465
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The tokamak is described in its role as a neutron source, with emphasis on experimental results for deuterium-deuterium (D-D) neutron production. Topics covered include tokamak operation, sources of fusion and nonfusion neutrons, principal neutron detection methods and their calibration, neutron energy spectra and fluxes outside the tokamak plasma chamber, history of neutron production in tokamaks, neutron emission and fusion power gain from the Joint European Torus and the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (the largest present-day tokamaks), and deuterium-tritium neutron production from burnup of D-D tritons. The prospects for future tokamak neutron production and potential applications of tokamak neutron sources are also discussed.