Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium

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  • Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium Book Detail

  • Author : National Research Council
  • Release Date : 2009-06-27
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Genre : Medical
  • Pages : 220
  • ISBN 13 : 0309130395
  • File Size : 41,41 MB
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Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium by National Research Council PDF Summary

Book Description: This book is the product of a congressionally mandated study to examine the feasibility of eliminating the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU2) in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope production facilities. The book focuses primarily on the use of HEU for the production of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), whose decay product, technetium-99m3 (Tc-99m), is used in the majority of medical diagnostic imaging procedures in the United States, and secondarily on the use of HEU for research and test reactor fuel. The supply of Mo-99 in the U.S. is likely to be unreliable until newer production sources come online. The reliability of the current supply system is an important medical isotope concern; this book concludes that achieving a cost difference of less than 10 percent in facilities that will need to convert from HEU- to LEU-based Mo-99 production is much less important than is reliability of supply.

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Molybdenum-99 for Medical Imaging

Molybdenum-99 for Medical Imaging

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The decay product of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), technetium-99m (Tc-99m), and associated medical isotopes iodine-131 (I-131) and xenon-133 (Xe-13