Measurement of long lived radioactive impurities retained in the disposable cassettes on the Tracerlab MX system during the production of [18F]FDG

Ferguson, D., Orr, P., Gillanders, J., Corrigan, G. and Marshall, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2228-883X 2011. Measurement of long lived radioactive impurities retained in the disposable cassettes on the Tracerlab MX system during the production of [18F]FDG. Applied Radiation and Isotopes 69 (10) , pp. 1479-1485. 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.05.028

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Abstract

Using a High- Purity Germanium gamma-ray spectrometer, a number of radioisotopes have been identified within Tracerlab MX radiochemistry system cassettes used to synthesise [18F]FDG. Twenty radiochemistry cassettes were measured and the average total activity of each radioisotope was determined. Using these values and decay correction, the minimum time the cassettes should be left in a decay store before the specific activity falls below 0.4B q/g, the limit for disposal alongside Clinical Waste was found to be 24 months.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cyclotron; FDG; Waste disposal; Radioactive waste
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0969-8043
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 10:18
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/84351

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