Review on the Application and Production of 14C in China
Carbon-14 is widely used in labeling and tracing,clinical disease diagnosis,research and development of new drugs,and environmental monitoring.In the 20th century,China carried out research on the production of carbon-14 nuclides and develpoed various preparation process for carbon-14 nuclides,but failed to realize large-scale production.In recent years,the supply of carbon-14 nuclides has become tight,which limits the development of related application industries.This paper briefly describes the domestic application of carbon-14,the production process methods of carbon-14 nuclides by nuclear reaction,as well as the current status of domestic carbon-14 production research and the construction of bases with carbon-14 production capacity.It is expected that a comprehensive independent supply of carbon-14 nuclides can be realized in the near future,which will help the high-quality development of nuclear technology application industry.