Direct Production of Ultra-High Radioisotopic Pure ${}^{64}$Cu from Natural Zinc Metal via D-D Fusion Narrowband Fast Neutron Source Irradiation

Jeremy M. C. Brown, Mantas Grigalavicius, Tibor Gilinger +7

Copper-64 radiopharmaceuticals have seen limited clinical deployment primarily due to the high cost of the isotopically enriched ${}^{64}$Ni metal required for its production. In thi…