Conceptual Design of Compact HTS Cyclotron for RI Production

Hiroshi Ueda*, Atsushi Ishiyama, So Noguchi, Tomonori Watanabe, Shigeo Nagaya, Jun Yoshida, Mitsuhiro Fukuda

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Abstract

In autumn 2017, the project 'Quantum Innovation for Safe and Smart Society (QiSS)' was started in Program on Open Innovation Platform with Enterprises, Research Institute and Academia (OPERA) by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). One of the key issues of this project is the advancement of compact cyclotron and beam irradiation device for stable supply of short-lived radioisotope (RI). We proposed the air-core cyclotron using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) technology, named Skeleton Cyclotron, as high intensity compact cyclotron. Currently, we are carrying out a feasibility study on a variable-energy multi-particle Skeleton Cyclotron for RI production. In this paper, key issues in HTS magnet technologies for Skeleton Cyclotron and the preliminary conceptual design of variable-energy multi-particle Skeleton Cyclotron are reported.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8662691
JournalIEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Volume29
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Aug

Keywords

  • Cyclotrons
  • high-temperature superconductors
  • nuclear medicine
  • superconducting magnets

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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