Table 1.

Selection of published data on ¹²⁴I production.

Nuclear reaction	Effective Energy [MeV]	Targetmaterial	Enrichment [%]	Yield [MBq/μAh]	Radioiodine impurities [%]	Reference
124Te(p,n)124I	13→9	Te	99.51	20 a	123I(41)	[17]
	12.2→0	TeO2	99.8	13	123I(10.039), 125I(0.018), 126I(0.041), 130I(0.379)	[15]
	13.5→9	TeO2 / 5% Al2O3	99.8	5.8	125I(0.01), 126I(<0.0001)	[18]
	12.5→5	TeO2	99.3	9.0 ± 1.0	125I(0.053 ± 0.015)	[19]
	11→2.5	TeO2 / 6% Al2O3	99.5	6.40 ± 0.44	125I(<0.02), 126I(<0.001)	[20]
	14→7	TeO2 / 5% Al2O3	99.86	21.1	125I(0.03), 126I(0.007)	[21]
125Te(p,2n)124I	20.1→10.5	TeO2	93	43.3	123I(8), 125I(5)	[25]
	22→4	Te	98.3	111a	125I(0.89)	[26]
	21→15	Te	98.3	81 a	123I(7.4), 125I(0.9)	[24]
	22	TeO2	98.5	104	123I(<1)	[27]
126Te(p,3n)124I	36.8→33.6	Te	Nat	67 a	--	[28]
	38→28	Te	> 98	148 a	123I(84), 125I(1.5), 126I(1.4)	[29]
123Te(d,n)124I	11→6	Te	91.0, 85.4	2.8 a	123I(3321 b)	[30]
124Te(d,2n)124I	15→0	Te	95	20.4 ± 2.2	126I(0.5)	[12]
	15→8	Te	91.7	18.9	125I(0.35 b), 126I(0.39 b), 131I(0.08 b)	[13]
	16→6	Te	96.7	23.7 a	--	[14]
	14→0	TeO2	89.6	15	123I(1.16), 125I(1.41), 126I(1.16), 130I (7.87), 131I(0.31)	[15]
	14→10	Te	99.8	17.5 a	125I(1.7)	[16]
natSb(α,xn)124I	22→13	Sb	Nat	1.02 a	123I(892 b), 125I(13 b), 126I(0.16 b)	[31]
121Sb(α,n)124I	22→13	Sb	99.45	2.11 a	123I(891 b), 125I(<0.2), 126I(<0.2)	[31]
natSb(3He,xn)124I	35→13	Sb	Nat	0.95 a	121I(37700 b), 123I(3877 b), 125I(0.6), 126I(0.6)	[32]

^a Based on experimental cross section data; ^b Percent calculated here from the ratio of the published saturation yield data.