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@inproceedings{szabo:ipac2021-mopab409,
author = {T.V. Szabo and F.A. Bacchim Neto and P.V. Guillaumon and I.C. Moraes and H.B. de Oliveira},
title = {{FLUKA Simulations of ²²⁵Ac Production Using Electron Accelerators: Validation Through Comparison with Published Experiments}},
booktitle = {Proc. IPAC'21},
pages = {1226--1228},
eid = {MOPAB409},
language = {english},
keywords = {electron, experiment, target, radiation, photon},
venue = {Campinas, SP, Brazil},
series = {International Particle Accelerator Conference},
number = {12},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {08},
year = {2021},
issn = {2673-5490},
isbn = {978-3-95450-214-1},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-MOPAB409},
url = {https://jacow.org/ipac2021/papers/mopab409.pdf},
note = {https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-MOPAB409},
abstract = {{Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT) is an active area of study worldwide. This technique has shown a potential in nuclear medicine to treat metastatic disease by alpha particles that deposit energy in small regions nearby cancer cells. Ac-225 is an important alpha-emitting that can be used for cancer TAT. This radioisotope shows good potential for medical applications, therefore is important to study ways of increase its production and availability. One possible path for the Ac-225 product is to radiate a radium target (Ra-226) on a linear electron accelerator (LINAC). Isotope production studies could be implemented using computational tools. In this work, Monte Carlo simulations with FLUKA code were performed and compared to experimental results *. We studied Ac-225 production by photonuclear reactions using a 24 MeV electron beam LINAC hitting a tungsten electron-photon converter. Different energies and geometries were also simulated to obtain optimal production conditions. The specific activity values obtained with simulations had a good agreement with published experimental results.}},
}