System and Method of Producing Radioisotopes Using Multiple Target Chambers and Multiple Beam Lines at Variable Energy Levels

An accelerator system for creating radionuclides through particle bombardments of target elements by generating a collimated and focused energetic particle beam, the accelerator system comprising:

• an ion source creating a beam at relatively low energy and injecting the beam into a main beamline of a main beam transport pipeline;
• a plurality of acceleration tanks and a plurality of beam tuning devices on the main beam transport pipeline, wherein each accelerating tank contains a plurality of drift tubes, and wherein the drift tubes are powered by radiofrequency power sources, and wherein a first acceleration tank from the plurality of acceleration tanks accelerates the beam to a first energy, and wherein a second acceleration tank from the plurality of acceleration tanks accelerates the beam to a second energy, and wherein the beam tuning devices are configured to deflect beams, wherein the beam tuning devices are further configured to focus, de-focus, change a beam spot size, and wherein the beam tuning devices are further configured to change beam shapes;
• a plurality of target transport pipelines and a plurality of magnet kickers, wherein the magnet kickers positioned on the main beamline are configured to be individually controlled and individually switched on to deflect the beam to selected target transport pipelines from the plurality of target transport pipelines, and wherein each magnet kicker is configured to be switched on at a selected time and powered on for a selected time period;
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• a plurality of target chambers, wherein each target transport pipeline is terminated by a corresponding target chamber from the plurality of target chambers, and wherein at least one target chamber from the plurality of target chambers is in a stacked configuration comprising a first chamber immediately positioned before a second chamber, and wherein the first chamber and the second chamber are from the plurality of target chambers, and wherein the first chamber is configured to hold gas target medium, and wherein the second chamber is configured to hold gas/liquid/solid target medium, and wherein the gas target medium in the first chamber is configured to interact with accelerated particles producing a first radionuclide, and wherein the gas/liquid/solid target target medium in the second chamber is configured to interact with accelerated particles producing a second radionuclide.