Research overview

Core technology development of radiation equipment related application area such as security, medical, environmental industry and research of radio isotope for medical application using 30 MeV cyclotron

Research purpose/detail

Our research is focused on radiation generator using electron accelerator/X-ray generator, merged system, radio isotope production and proton beam utilization. And also, radiation detecting core technology (radiation sensor material, semiconductor radiation detector, signal processing circuit) based radiation imaging system and rad-hardened technology is developing.

• Radiation generator and merged system R&D

  Converged radiation equipment system such as container inspection system, mixed radiation security inspection system, radiation robot therapy are developed using in-house fabricated small sized high energy electron accelerator

• RI production system development and proton beam research using cyclotron

  Cyclotron utilized RI generator/radioactive medicine automatic synthesize system development and proton beam research using cyclotron

• Radiation detector and sensor material R&D

  Surveymeter, portable nuclide analyzer, non-destructive inspection equipment development using in-house fabricated radiation sensor.

Research output

• Succeed in domestically producing container inspection system
• Trial product development of radiation robot therapy
• Z-89 radio isotope production for medical application
• Automatic synthesize system of radio isotope
• Growth of single crystal compound semiconductor for radiation sensor and development of radiation sensor
• Development of mixed radiation (X-ray and neutron) imaging system

Carrying out Research

• Air cargo inspection system using X-ray/neutron mixed radiation
• Development of detection technology for hidden drug, explosives etc.
• Zr-89 utilized convergence research platform development
• Radiation equipment fab. and cyclotron user technical support

Scintillators and Sensor material

MOSFET MIXED Radiation Sensors

Radiation Inspection Image