Production of medical radioisotope ⁹⁷Ru using K-130 cyclotron at VECC

In the present study we have measured the excitation function for the nuclear reaction ^natMo(α, x)⁹⁷Ru in the energy range 11-32 MeV. We have used the K-130 cyclotron and stacked foil activation techniques followed by the offline gamma-ray spectroscopy technique to produce the ⁹⁷Ru medical radioisotope. The excitation functions are compared with the available experimental data from EXFOR data library and the theoretical prediction from TALYS nuclear reaction code. (author)