SNM Expresses Serious Concerns As Isotope Shortage Looms

A shutdown announced at a nuclear reactor facility at Petten in the Netherlands threatens the ability of countries across the globe to access and obtain radioactive isotopes, which are critical for performing many common nuclear medicine procedures in the United States and worldwide. The shutdown at the High Flux Reactor in Petten comes after a similar shutdown last December of the National Research Universal reactor in Chalk River, Canada by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.

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Filed under: Radiology on September 8th, 2008