Method and device for producing a 99mTc reaction product

A device for producing a reaction product containing 99mTc, comprising:

• a 100Mo-metal target,
• a single accelerator unit for accelerating protons, with only the single acceleration unit, to form a proton beam directed at the 100Mo-metal target to thereby irradiate the 100Mo-metal target, the proton beam having an energy which is suitable for inducing a 100Mo(p, 2n)99mTc nuclear reaction when the 100Mo-metal target is irradiated by the proton beam,
• wherein the device is configured to heat the 100Mo-metal target to a temperature of over 300° C., and
• a sublimation-extraction system for extracting 99mTc, including:
• a gas supply line for routing oxygen gas onto the irradiated and heated 100Mo-metal target forming 99mTc-technetium oxide by sublimation, and
• a gas discharge line for extracting the sublimated 99mTc-technetium oxide.

A method for producing a reaction product containing 99mTc, comprising:

• providing a 100Mo-metal target to be irradiated,
• accelerating protons in an acceleration unit to form a proton beam,
• irradiating the 100Mo-metal target with the proton beam having an energy suitable for inducing a 100Mo(p, 2n)99mTc nuclear reaction,
• heating the 100Mo-metal target, by the irradiation by the proton beam, to a temperature of over 300° C., and
• obtaining the 99mTc made in the 100Mo-metal target in a sublimation-extraction process with the aid of oxygen gas, which is routed over the 100Mo-metal target, heated to the temperature over 300° C., forming 99mTc-technetium oxide in the process.