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Low-enriched Uranium


SNM past president calls for more aggressive solutions to moly shortage

Top Stories | Wednesday, June 09 2010
Written by Mary Tierney
Some progress is being made to avert the widespread molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) shortage in the U.S., but it’s not enough in the short term and especially not in the long term, according to Robert Atcher, PhD, MBA, immediate past president of SNM and University of New Mexico/LANL professor of pharmacy, bioscience division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, White Rock, N.M. Atcher spoke to members of the press Monday at the 57th annual meeting of SNM.
 

B&W nets $9M for Mo-99 production using low-enriched uranium

Industry News | Friday, January 29 2010
Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group (B&W TSG) has been awarded $9 million from the National Nuclear Security Administration for the development of reactor technology for medical isotope production using low enriched uranium.
 

AMIC accelerator technology looks positive for Mo-99 production

Industry News | Thursday, November 05 2009
Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation (AMIC) has achieved "encouraging results" from initial tests of its accelerator technology for the domestic production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
 

Feature: Netherlands to build new nuclear reactor for medical isotopes

Industry News | Saturday, October 24 2009
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.
 

Multi-society coalition advocates U.S. support for Mo-99 development

Industry News | Wednesday, July 29 2009
The American College of Radiology, SNM and a coalition of seven other organizations are urging Congress to take steps to maintain adequate supplies of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
 

House bill allots $163M to create medical isotopes in U.S.

Top Stories | Monday, July 27 2009
Reps. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, and Fred Upton, R-Mich., the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee, have introduced the American Medical Isotopes Production Act, which seeks to ensure that a reliable supply of critical medical isotopes are produced in the United States.
 

U.S. shows interest in medical isotope production

Top Stories | Monday, July 13 2009
The extended shutdown of the troubled nuclear reactor at Chalk River has the U.S. government poised to invest millions to get back into the business of medical isotopes--a move that could eventually push Canada out of that industry, according to a report in the Toronto Star.
 

FDA, Health Canada greenlight Lantheus' Mo-99 from Australia

Regulatory News | Thursday, July 09 2009
Lantheus Medical Imaging has been granted a supplemental new drug application from the FDA and a supplemental new drug submission from Health Canada to qualify the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization as a valid supplier for low-enriched uranium-derived molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) to the United States and Canada.
 

SNM releases plan to address isotope shortage

Top Stories | Thursday, June 18 2009
In response to the recurring global medical isotope crisis, SNM has issued a call-to-action plan highlighting its commitment to finding a solution to eliminate future molybydenum-99 (Mo-99) supply disruptions.
 

Lantheus inks Mo-99 supply deal with Australia

Industry News | Saturday, June 13 2009
Lantheus Medical Imaging has finalized an arrangement with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization to receive molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) produced from low-enriched uranium targets in its new Open Pool Australian Lightwater reactor.
 

Nuclear experts tackle isotope shortages, fuel risks at UN meeting

Top Stories | Thursday, March 26 2009
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.
 

Congressman to introduce bill for LEU use in medical isotope production

Top Stories | Monday, February 23 2009
Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, plans to introduce legislation that would help create a domestic market that produces medical isotopes using low enriched uranium (LEU), moving the industry away from its dependence on highly enriched uranium.
 
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