NIIEFA shipped off a cyclotron CC-30/15 made for the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology

Bangkok, July 21 - Neftegaz.RU. Rosatom announced on July 15-17, Efremov NIIEFA (St.Petersburg), shipped off the equipment, which is part of an isochronous cyclotron СС-30/15.

9 containers of total weight 120 tons were sent to Nakhon Nayok Province, where Rusatom Health Care and Kinetics Corporation carry out construction of the cyclotron and radiochemistry complex ordered by the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology.

The cyclotron СС-30/15 with proton energy of up to 30 MeV is the key part of the complex, which is designed for development of nuclear medicine and research. The equipment was shipped off after successful acceptance tests and confirmation of all required characteristics.

Multi-purpose small-size isochronous cyclotron СС-30/15 made by NIIEFA will be used tom accelerate ions of hydrogen and deuterium (protons and deuterons), while controlling the final energy in the range of 30 – 15 mega electron volts, correspondingly.

Radiopharmaceuticals which can be sensitized in the radiochemical laboratory of the cyclotron and radiochemical complex will give a broad opportunity to carry out high efficiency diagnostics and therapy over a broad range of illnesses mainly in cancer and cardiology.

Besides, the complex of than more the 6,000 sq.m. will provide for research to made new radionuclides use in medicine, study material property changes (particular, semiconductors) under beams of protons, deuterons and neutrons, radiation corrosion of metals, radiation stability of radio electronic instruments and structure of neutron-excess nuclei, as well as carry out the neutron activation analysis.