An Overview of the South African Isotope Facility (SAIF) Project

by Dr Izak Le Roux Strydom (iThemba LABS)

Thursday 1 Feb 2024, 11:00 → 13:00 Europe/Rome

C. Villi (meeting room)

The South African Isotope Facility (SAIF) is a new radioisotope production facility at iThemba LABS in Cape Town that was commissioned at the end of 2023. A commercial 70 MeV proton cyclotron from IBA with a number of beam lines equipped with isotope production stations, have been installed in retrofitted concrete vaults. The facility is supported by new infrastructure and services. An overview of the SAIF project from the inception phase through to the construction and commissioning phases is provided, discussing all related workstreams and progress made to date. A more detailed discussion of some specific systems is given, including the design of the isotope production stations and target handling system.