Millions of medical imaging procedures each year rely on radioactive technetium. One of its radioisotopes decays quickly and is useful as a tracer material in nuclear medicine. But another, technetium-99, is very long-lived, ...
Materials Science
Nov 18, 2020
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University of Alberta scientists have taken a critical step towards supplying Alberta's demand for medical isotopes. Their newly published findings could have major implications for other health jurisdictions across North ...
Other
May 14, 2018
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An international team of scientists led by Artem Oganov, head of the Computational Materials Discovery Lab at MIPT, has proven that technetium carbide does not exist—it was pure technetium that was wrongly identified as ...
Materials Science
Mar 29, 2016
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(Phys.org) —Today, Los Alamos National Laboratory announced that for the first time, irradiated uranium fuel has been recycled and reused for molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production, with virtually no losses in Mo-99 yields or ...
General Physics
May 14, 2013
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As part of the European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP), the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is working to improve the radioactivity measurements needed to ensure safety at nuclear power plants and waste repositories ...
Engineering
Apr 4, 2013
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A University of Alberta team has made an important breakthrough in the race to find a viable replacement for supply of technetium-99m, an important isotope produced by Canada's Chalk River reactor.
General Physics
Jun 11, 2012
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Taking a census provides valuable information about residents' ages, employment, makeup, living conditions, etc. Most censuses are taken door to door or by mail. But if the community lives in areas that are inaccessible by ...
Environment
Mar 13, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In any kind of nuclear reactor, there is a small amount of the radioactive isotope strontium-90 that is formed as part of the regular fission process. In fact, fission products such as strontium-90 make up ...
General Physics
Oct 21, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The long-lasting radionuclide technetium is transported through the subsurface near former nuclear production and processing sites, moving toward rivers and lakes. But its journey can come to an abrupt end ...
Materials Science
Feb 21, 2011
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Producing medical isotopes safely, cheaply and reliably without using a nuclear reactor or weapons-grade uranium is the aim of a research project led by the Canadian Light Source (CLS) along with the National Research Council ...
General Physics
Jan 25, 2011
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