Radioisotope target station

A system positioned at a downstream end of a LINAC for producing radioisotopes, the system comprising:

• a) a modular converter housing having an upstream end having a first window and a downstream end, wherein the upstream end opposes and is physically separated by an air gap from a downstream end of the LINAC;
• b) a converter carrier supporting converter plates, the converter slidably disposed in an aperture in an underside of the converter housing;
• c) a modular target housing positioned downstream from, and separate from, and reversibly attached to the converter housing, the target housing having a second window;
• and
• d) a target carrier including a target capsule encapsulating target material, wherein the target capsule is removably fastened to the target carrier to prevent rattling of the capsule within the target carrier and the target carrier is slidably disposed in an aperture in a top side of the housing,
• wherein the converter housing and the target housing define a tunnel receiving a particle beam emanating from the LINAC, wherein the tunnel is coaxial to the particle beam.