The 32nd World Conference of the International Nuclear Target Development Society (INTDS2026)

Session

WEA1

2 Sept 2026, 09:00

RIKEN Wako Campus

7. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF ACTINIDE TARGETS AND SOURCES IN MAINZ

Dennis Renisch (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

02/09/2026, 09:00

Actinide isotopes play a crucial role in various scientific research initiatives, serving as targets for accelerator-based irradiation experiments, as targets for laser spectroscopic investigations aimed at exploring atomic and nuclear properties, as laser ablation sources or as recoil ion sources for alpha-decay daughter nuclides. Each experiment demands specific parameters such as sample...

29. Purification of plutonium from americium, neptunium, and uranium using anion exchange chromatography for the production of plutonium-241 targets

Mr David Vanleeuw (EC-JRC-GEEL)

02/09/2026, 09:20

The isolation of plutonium from complex actinide matrices represents a critical stage in the preparation of high-purity targets for nuclear data measurements. This process is inherently challenging due to the closely related chemical behaviours of actinide elements and the coexistence of multiple oxidation states. In this study, an anion-exchange chromatography method is used to achieve the...

30. HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM FOILS FOR RADIOACTIVE BEAM PRODUC-TION

Claus Mueller Gatermann (Argonne National Laboratory)

02/09/2026, 09:40

The Californium Rare Isotope Breeder Upgrade (CARIBU) at the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS) was used previously to provide beam of neutron-rich isotopes from spontaneous fission of ²⁵²Cf to experiments. The beams were either used in low energy experiments for mass measurements, beta decay or laser manipulation , or for injection into the ATLAS accelerator after...

40. RADIOACTIVE TARGETS FOR NEUTRON-INDUCED REACTION MEASUREMENTS AT LANL

Scott Essenmacher (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

02/09/2026, 10:00

Computational modeling of environments with neutron fluxes, such as stellar nucleosynthesis and validations in nuclear applications, requires high fidelity nuclear data to be reliable. So far, such highly accurate data has been acquired primarily for stable nuclei. As a result, higher quality experimental nuclear data is needed for other nuclei, which includes nearly all radionuclides, because...

50. FABRICATION OF CALIFORNIUM-249 TARGETS TO ENABLE THE SEARCH FOR ELEMENT 120 AND OTHER SUPERHEAVY NUCLIDES

Kristian Myhre (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

02/09/2026, 10:20

The discovery of new elements proceeded at a breakneck pace between 1935 and 2010. Twenty-two elements were discovered during that time, with an average discovery rate of every 3 years. Although many exciting developments have occurred in the field of superheavy elements since then, a new element continues to elude the community. The most recently discovered elements used 48Ca beams on...