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Science ministry says proton accelerator reaches 40,000 hours of cumulative operation
A 100-megaelectronvolt-class linear proton accelerator operated by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute in Gyeongju has reached 40,000 cumulative operating hours over 13 years since its first run in 2013 without a single safety accident, the Ministry of Science and ICT said. The facility supports radiation-environment testing for semiconductors and other applications. Operations expanded to a 24-hour service system from September 2024, and it supported 353 people and 210 experiments last year.
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Next-generation AI semiconductor device verified to withstand space radiation
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said on Wednesday a joint team has, for the first time, verified next-generation AI semiconductor technology that operates stably in a space-radiation environment. The team made an indium-gallium-zinc oxide-based synaptic transistor and tested it with a high-energy proton beam equivalent to more than 20 years of exposure in low Earth orbit. It retained switching and synaptic plasticity despite some performance degradation.
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Gallium-68 core technology secured to localise drug for intractable cancer diagnosis
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said on Feb. 13 they had secured all key component technologies for a gallium-68 generator, laying the groundwork to localise radiopharmaceuticals used to diagnose intractable cancers. The team developed an adsorption material that selectively elutes gallium-68 and reported about 70 percent elution efficiency. It can produce radiopharmaceuticals for six patients per elution and is usable for a year.