Related Topic: Radioisotopes

Korea starts construction of new research reactor

The first concrete has been poured for the Kijang Research Reactor at the Radiology Science Industrial Complex in Gijang-gun, Busan, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute announced.

New Nuclear 03 May 2023

Test assembly completed for Bolivia's research reactor

The process of assembling the research reactor was reproduced at the manufacturing site in Russia ahead of it being shipped to Bolivia.

New Nuclear 02 May 2023

Brookhaven National Laboratory has announced the shipment of the first actinium-225 to be produced in a newly refurbished hot cell laboratory at the US Department of Energy's lab. The new facilities will streamline production and shipment of the rare radioisotope for the development of new cancer treatments.

Regulation & Safety 25 April 2023

Progress in production of isotopes from US legacy waste

Some 75-100 times more doses of next generation alpha targeted therapy treatments will be available annually worldwide, compared with today, through a project to produce isotopes from legacy nuclear material at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the project partners say.

Waste & Recycling 14 April 2023

Viewpoint: The critical production of cobalt-60 in nuclear reactors

The production of cobalt-60 is critical to healthcare and, with demand soaring, the challenge is to expand supply, writes Martin Comben from the International Irradiation Association.

Perspectives 28 March 2023

New isotope-producing research reactor for Missouri

The University of Missouri has launched an initiative to build a new, larger research reactor, NextGen MURR. The university's existing MU Research Reactor - in operation for more than half a century - is the highest-powered university research reactor in the USA and is currently the country's only producer of certain medical radioisotopes.

New Nuclear 31 March 2023

Mo-99 production reaches non-proliferation milestone

All major global molybdenum-99 production facilities are now using low-enriched uranium targets instead of proliferation-sensitive highly-enriched uranium following the completion of work to convert Belgium's National Institute of Radioelements medical isotope production facility.

Regulation & Safety 29 March 2023

Bolivia's first radiopharmaceuticals supplied

President Luis Arce Catacora has delivered the first fluorodeoxyglucose radiopharmaceuticals produced in Bolivia's new Cyclotron Preclinical Radiopharmacy Complex to patients of the Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy Centres of El Alto and Santa Cruz.

New Nuclear 10 March 2023

Pallas construction permit granted

A construction licence has been granted by the Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection for the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands. The new reactor will replace the existing High Flux Reactor.

New Nuclear 15 February 2023

Work starts on Belgian isotope residue recycling facility

A ground-breaking ceremony has been held in Mol in north-east Belgium to mark the start of construction of a facility to recycle radioactive residues from the production of medical radioisotopes. The RECUMO facility - which will recover uranium - is scheduled to begin operating in 2026.

Waste & Recycling 14 February 2023

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