Study of components and statistical reaction mechanism in simulation of nuclear process for optimized production of 64 Cu and 67 Ga medical radioisotopes using TALYS, EMPIRE and LISE++ nuclear reaction and evaporation codes

Abstract

Production of medical radioisotopes is one of the most important tasks in the field of nuclear technology. These radioactive isotopes are mainly produced through variety nuclear process. In this research, excitation functions and nuclear reaction mechanisms are studied for simulation of production of these radioisotopes in the TALYS, EMPIRE & LISE++ reaction codes, then parameters and different models of nuclear level density as one of the most important components in statistical reaction models are adjusted for optimum production of desired radioactive yields. © 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.