DOE - Office of Nuclear Energy

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

At LANL, the Office of Laboratory Facilities Management funds facilities needed for NE’s Isotope Program. One of these facilities, the Isotope Production Facility (IPF), enables isotope production for nuclear medicine research and other scientific applications. This facility uses a portion of the proton beam of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) Linear Accelerator.

Additionally, the TA-48 Hot Cell, Building RC-1, is maintained for the processing, packaging, and shipment of radioisotopes.

LANSCE, where the
IPF was built.

LANSCE accelerator cross
section drawing showing
IPF configuration.

Isotopes produced in NE facilities at LANL include:

Germanium-68 for use in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners;
Strontium-82 for the production of generators which are used in cardiac
PET imaging; and,
Other isotopes for use in environmental and homeland security research.

For more information visit NE's Isotope Program Web site.

TA 48 Hot Cell

Program Links

Overview
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Sites and Facilities

> Idaho National Laboratory

> Oak Ridge National Laboratory

> Los Alamos National Laboratory

> Brookhaven National Laboratory

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