2020 - SOUZA, CARLA D. de; ZEITUNI, CARLOS A.; FEHER, ANSELMO; MOURA, JOÃO A.; COSTA, OSVALDO L. da; ANGELOCCI, LUCAS V.; ROSTELATO, MARIA E.C.M.
In order to provide prostate brachytherapy treatment for more Brazilian men, IPEN is building a laboratory for
the manufacture of radioactive sources. The new methodology for the production of iodine-125 seeds with yield
71.7% ± 5.3%. Points of importance were evaluated/discussed: photo-sensibility, reaction vial type, the substitution
for iodine-131, pH, and solution volume. The surface was analyzed by FTIR and EDS. At the end, a
Monte Carlo-MCNP6 simulation was performed to evaluate the TG-43 parameters.