Electron linear accelerator production and purification of scandium-47 from titanium dioxide targets.

The photonuclear production of no-carrier-added (NCA) Sc from solid TiO and the subsequent chemical processing and purification have been developed. Scandium-47 was produced by the Ti(γ,p)Sc reaction with Bremsstrahlung photons produced from the braking of electrons in a high-Z (W or Ta) convertor. Production yields were simulated with the PHITS code (Particle and Heavy Ion Transport-code System) and compared to experimental results.