The Isotope Production Facility (IPF) at Los Alamos National Laboratory is configured to maximize production of high purity and high specific-activity isotopes using an intermediate proton beam generated at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) accelerator. With a high current (up to 300 μA) beam of 100 MeV protons incident on a water-cooled stack of three targets, IPF is well suited to produce a variety of radioisotopes for medical, industrial and research applications. Ongoing efforts to facilitate Ci-scale production of 225Ac via irradiation of thorium targets as part of a Tri-Lab collaboration with Oak Ridge and Brookhaven National Laboratories will be described, as well as efforts to increase availability of 134Ce as an analogue of 225Ac for imaging via positron emission tomography (PET). An overview will be presented on Scorpius, a DARHT-class linear induction accelerator to be installed at the U1a facility at the Nevada Nuclear Security Site, that will provide a critical radiography capability for stockpile stewardship.

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