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DESCRIPTION:Title: Medical Radionuclide Production by Laser Wakefield Accel
 erationSpeaker: Dino Jaroszynski (University of Strathclyde)Date: Wednesda
 y\, 10 June 2026\, 16:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST) We present a 
 study of the production of 67Cu medical radioisotopes using bremsstrahlung
  radiation produced by 150 pC bunches of high energy electrons from a lase
 r wakefield accelerator (LWFA) when they interact with dense convertor mat
 erial.  The experiments demonstrating photonuclear production of radioiso
 topes have been carried out at the Scottish Centre for the Application of 
 Plasma-based accelerators (SCAPA). 10 kBq of 67Cu was produced by irradiat
 ing enriched 68Zn over a five-hour irradiation period at approximately 1 H
 z repetition rate\, which provides an important experimental benchmark. Th
 is work assesses the performance of current LWFA systems and establishes t
 he requirements of future commercial LWFA-based systems and extrapolations
  suggests that the next stage of development. A facility based on opticall
 y pumped CO2 laser technologies could potentially achieve clinically relev
 ant activity levels of 67Cu. The project is part of the MedRadLaser collab
 oration between the University of Strathclyde\, National Physical Laborato
 ry\, the University of the West of Scotland\, and the UK Atomic Energy Aut
 hority. The studies will be extended and form part of the newly funded EUP
 OPA project. The MedRadLaser collaboration involves Giuseppe Lorusso[1]\, 
 Dino A. Jaroszynski[2]\, David O’Donnell[3]\, S. Mark Wiggins[2]\, Baris
  Bingol[2]\, Peter Ivanov[1]\, Ben Russel[1]\, and Lanre Yusuf[1]  [1] NP
 L Science and Engineering Directorate\, UK[2] Department of Physics\, Scot
 tish Universities Physics Alliance\, University of Strathclyde\, Glasgow\,
  UK[3] School of Computing\, Engineering and Physical Sciences\, Scottish 
 Universities Physics Alliance\, University of the West of Scotland\, Paisl
 ey\, UK 																																																																		
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SUMMARY:Laserlab-Europe Talk: Medical Radionuclide Production by Laser Wake
 field Acceleration
URL;VALUE=URI:https://laserlab-europe.eu/event/lle-talk-medical-radionuclid
 e-production-by-laser-wakefield-acceleration/
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