The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) will be a new national user facility that generates a host of isotopes that could be �harvested� for off-line use, without affecting the primary users of the facility. The underlying idea is that routine production of the secondary radioactive beams at FRIB will produce an abundance of other useful isotopes in the primary production target, thus it should be possible to radiochemically harvest significant quantities of these useful radioisotopes from the water cooling lines in the primary target area. The feasibility of harvesting useful long-lived radioisotopes from FRIB will be tested under similar conditions available now at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). The production and extraction yields of several  important radioisotopes (67Cu, 48V, 85Kr) that can be produced at the NSCL facility will be measured. The design and construction and first tests of an aqueous beam stop will be presented.

Design of an aqueous target isotope harvesting apparatus

245th National Meeting (2013)

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