1–6 Jun 2025
Taipei International Convention Center (TICC)
Asia/Taipei timezone

CERN-MEDICIS: a unique facility for the production of radionuclides for medical research

TUPB047
3 Jun 2025, 16:00
2h
Exhibiton Hall A _Bear (TWTC)

Exhibiton Hall A _Bear

TWTC

Poster Presentation MC8.U04 Isotope Production Tuesday Poster Session

Speaker

Cyril Bernerd (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

The MEDICIS facility is a unique facility located at CERN, dedicated to the production of non-conventional radionuclides for research and development in imaging, diagnostics and radiation therapy, and based on offline mass separation. It exploits a classified area for handling of highly radioactive open sources, a dedicated isotope separator beam line, a target irradiation station at the 1.4 GeV Proton Synchroton Booster (PSB) and receives activated targets from external institutes during CERN Long Shut-Downs. After collection, the batch is prepared to be dispatched to a research center. Since its commissioning in December 2017, the facility has provided novel radionuclides such as Ba-128, Tb-155, Sm-153, Tm-165 Ra-224/Pb-212 and Ra-225/Ac-225 with high specific activity, some for the first time, to research institutes part of the collaboration. CERN-MEDICIS has advanced significantly to reach mature processes to translate into clinical application for the most promising radionuclides.

Region represented Europe
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Author

Cyril Bernerd (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Co-authors

Bernard Crepieux (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Charlotte Duchemin (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Manikanta Elle (KU Leuven) Dr Simone Gilardoni (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Reinhard Heinke (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Patricija Kalnina (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Laura Lambert (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Edgars Mamis (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Ralitsa Mancheva (KU Leuven) Ralf Rossel (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Sebastian Rothe (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Thierry Stora (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Julien Thiboud (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Joachim Vollaire (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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