The High Flux Reactor in Petten, the Netherlands is expected to restart in the second half of August, as the first activities to repair the reactor’s cooling water pipework started today, according to the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group of the Netherlands.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in collaboration with other international organizations, is developing a series of measures aimed at strengthening patient radiation dose protection. The focus of recent efforts is a Smart Card project, to log how much radiation a person receives in the course of a lifetime.
Operators of the 250 global nuclear reactors, which are used for scientific testing and the production of medical isotopes, met this week in Vienna, Austria, to tackle isotope shortages and fuel risks at a meeting supported by the United Nations (UN), according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published a collection of recommended practices for medical radioisotope manufacturers and healthcare policy makers in order to optimize the availability, safety and reliability of these products.
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The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group, which operates the High Flux Reactor in Petten, Netherlands, has plans to build a new reactor to produce medical isotopes.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has directed agency staff to continue enhancing the security of cesium chloride radiation sources, while encouraging research and further technological developments for alternative chemical forms of cesium-137.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has deployed its National Source Tracking System (NSTS), a centralized national registry to provide cradle-to-grave accounting of certain high-risk radioactive materials used in industry, medicine and research.
A United Nations (UN) atomic energy meeting was held this weekend in Buenos Aires, Argentina, drawing together global experts to address safety concerns for patients undergoing medical imaging tests and scans utilizing ionizing radiation.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.