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Our equipment
Cyclotron and radiation stations
Cyclotron C70 Arronax
The Arronax accelerator is a variable azimuthal field cyclotron capable of delivering several types of particles (alpha, protons, deuterons) at kinetic energies of up to 70 MeV. These particles are (…)
High intensity beam lines : 4 irradiation stations for solid targets and 1 for research
The Arronax facility possesses 5 high current beam lines, named A1, A2, P1, P2 and P3. Four are devoted to radionuclide production whereas the last one, P1, is used for (…)
Hot cells
Low intensity irradiation station
The experimental vault Ax The experimental vault AX possesses 3 different beam lines with their associated diagnostics. It is possible to add additional devices if necessary. The 3 beam lines (…)
Hot cells GMP-NS
GMP-NS is a hot cells line dedicated to the production of Sr-82 in the form of Active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) under regulatory authorizations obtained in many countries. Characteristics GMP-NS is (…)
Hot cells GMP-S1
The hot cells line GMP-S1 is dedicated to development of non-conventional radionuclides for both imaging and therapy. It is composed of 5 hot cells: 1 receiving cell connected to the (…)
Hot cells GMP-S2
GMP-S2 is a production line for sterile product. It includes 2 separated lines one being dedicated to Cu-64 products and the other products including At-211, Lu-177, Y-90, In-11. Each line (…)
Nuclear metrology
High purity germanium (HPGe) detectors
Arrofixe detector : this is a HPGe detector from ORTEC equipped with 10 cm lead and 3mm copper shielding. Gamma spectrometry is a very popular nuclear technique used to identify (…)
Quantulus (scintillation liquide)
A scintillation device consists of detecting and measuring ionizing radiation by using the excitation effect of incident radiation on a liquid scintillator, and detecting the resultant light emission using photomultipliers. (…)
Quality control
IT – TOF
The Shimadzu LCMS-IT-TOF is a hybrid mass spectrometer coupling atmospheric pressure ionization with Ion-Trap (IT) and Time-of-Flight (TOF) technologies. It delivers high mass accuracy and high mass resolution independent of (…)
HPLC coupled with a radioactivity detector
These devices are used to study speciation using a HPLC coupled with both UV/Gamma detectors. Characteristics module 1: solvent rack module 2: High pressure quaternary pump (800 bars) module 3: (…)