  In the frame of a systematic study of the activation cross sections of
charged particle induced nuclear reactions on rare earths for production of
therapeutic radionuclides, proton induced reactions on neodymium were measured
up to 65 MeV energy, above 45 MeV for the first time. The excitation functions
of the natNd(p,x)150,149,148m,148g,146,144,143,141Pm,
149,147,141,140,139m,138Nd, 142,138mPr and 139gCe nuclear reactions were
assessed by using stacked foil activation technique and high resolution
gamma-spectrometry. The excitation functions were compared to the theoretical
predictions, available in the TENDL-2015 library based on latest version of the
TALYS code. The application of the data for medical isotope production is
shortly discussed.
