[PDF][PDF] Canada and Nonreactor

FH Fellowship - The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
The Canadian Isotope Project, led by Canadian Light Source (CLS; Saskatoon) and
partners, including the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada and medical …

[CITATION][C] NRC Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of Isotopes Spring Meeting

CB Kubler - 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held the spring meeting of its Advisory
Committee on Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on March 7 and 8. The ACMUI typically …

Isotope availability task group releases draft report

H Cannon - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
An SNM task group has been working over the past several months to put together a draft
report of possible new 99Mo suppliers for the US market. The initiation of this project, the …

The medical isotope crisis: how we got here and where we are going

TJ Ruth - Journal of nuclear medicine technology, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
99mTc is the most widely used radionuclide in nuclear medicine. The reactor stoppages that
occurred in recent years illustrated the vulnerability of the availability of radiotracers for …

[HTML][HTML] The options for the future production of the medical isotope 99Mo

SC Van der Marck, AJ Koning, KE Charlton - European journal of nuclear …, 2010 - Springer
There is a shortage of medical isotopes in the world today. Two of the most important isotope
producing reactors, the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Canada and the High …

Can Accelerators Meet the Medical Isotopes Needs of the World?

T Ruth - APS Northwest Section Meeting Abstracts, 2011 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Abstract Over 80% of all Nuclear Medicine procedures make use of the radionuclide Tc-99
for SPECT imaging of heart disease, cancer and other disorders. Historically TC-99 has …

[CITATION][C] Embracing the Challenges Ahead—Together

M Graham - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
Our efforts to raise awareness about the benefits of nuclear medicine have contributed
greatly to the profession's growth and prosperity. Despite this success, nuclear medicine …

[PDF][PDF] Looking Back at 2010

D Delbeke - 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
Congress passed health care reform in 2010 that included sweeping changes. The new
legislation created both challenges and opportunities for the SNM and nuclear medicine …

Radioisotope shortages in nuclear medicine: how we got there and developing solutions

J Powe, D Worsley, T Ruth - Canadian Association of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
On May 18, 2009, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) announced that the 52-year-old
National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at Chalk River was out of service after detection …

[PDF][PDF] The Production of Medical Isotopes without Nuclear Reactors or Uranium Enrichment On-Line Supplement

SA Hoedl, WD Updegraff - Accessed: Apr, 2022 - scienceandglobalsecurity.org
This supplement describes the medical use, medical demand, and production methods for
12 commonly used medical isotopes and 71 other less commonly used radioisotopes that …