The invention relates to a device for producing radionuclides, in particular diagnostic and therapeutic radionuclides, on the basis of the principle of photo-
nuclear radiation, comprising an
electron accelerator (1), which generates an
electron beam (2) with temporal structural features for the linear
electron accelerator (1), a converter target
assembly (21), which is arranged between the electron accelerator (1) and the converter target
assembly (21), the invention relates to a converter target
assembly (21) for generating radionuclides, comprising a converter target (20) for converting the electron beam (2) into
bremsstrahlung photons (15), a plurality of production targets (17) irradiated by the
bremsstrahlung photons (15) in order to generate the radionuclides, the converter target assembly (21) comprising a sealed housing (9) enclosing a cavity (19) accommodating the converter target (20), comprising an entrance window with a window disk (23) for the electron beam (2) and an exit window for the
bremsstrahlung photons (15), comprising
cooling medium ports (10) which are part of a cooling circuit (11) for establishing a cooling flow through the cavity (19) in order to cool the converter target (20) and the window disk (23), the converter target (20) comprises a plurality of rotatable converter discs (12), the electron beams (2) are arranged off-center with respect to the respective converter discs (12), and wherein the respective converter discs (12) are designed to rotate during operation of the device such that the converter discs (12) are arranged on the converter target (20) over time. The focus of the electron beam (2) is dispersed onto an annular region (14) of the converter disk (12) in multiple rotations.