Overview
McMaster Nuclear Operations
Host Institutions
Medical
Industry
Emergency Services
LEP
Laurentis Energy Partners
LEP Research Project Summary, CMSR Radioactive Source Term and Real-Time Analysis
Phase 1 – Source Term Characterization
Large scale and radiological source term characterization study of a subset of LLM to precisely characterize this material. Steps include Low Level Waste, CEMSR Sort & Segregate, Spectroscopy, and Low Level Waste Source Term Database.
Phase 2 – Real-time Analysis
Develop real-time spectral data analysis methods for beta-gamma-alpha mixed source terms. Steps include Monte Carlo, Low Level Waste Source Term Database, Real-Time Gamma Spectrometry, Free Release, Processible, and Non-Processible.
McMaster University CMSR Containment Tent
Laurentis Energy Partners’ recent project with McMaster University is a Containment Tent. CMSR stands for the Clean Energy-Materials Sorting and Recycling Research Initiative.
McMaster CMSR High Plume Fan
Laurentis Energy Partners and McMaster University’s CMSR High Plume Fan.
CANS
Centre For Advanced Nuclear Systems
HLLF
High Level Laboratory Facility
MUCF
McMaster University Cyclotron Facility
The McMaster University Cyclotron Facility is home to a 16.5 MeV GE PETtrace negative ion cyclotron designed for the production of short-lived positron-emitting isotopes such as Fluorine-18.
The McMaster University Cyclotron Facility is home to a 16.5 MeV GE PETtrace negative ion cyclotron designed for the production of short-lived positron-emitting isotopes such as Fluorine-18. It is also home to a suite of hot cells and a clean room facility dedicated to the production and quality assurance of sterile, clinical-grade radiopharmaceuticals.
The Center for Probe Development and Commercialization currently oversees the operation of the cyclotron. At the present time, the cyclotron is primarily used for the production of fluorine-18 which is then incorporated into the radiopharmaceutical [F-18]-FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose) using automated synthesis protocols.
[F-18]-FDG is used in the clinic for imaging various disease states by Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Cyclotron-produced F-18 is also utilized for research purposes, particularly the development of novel molecular imaging agents.
For more information, please get in touch with the CPDC.
MNR
McMaster Nuclear Reactor
