Call to boost isotope supplies
Abstract
The US Department of Energy should build two dedicated isotope-production facilities, costing about $65 million in total, to solve worsening supply problems for researchers in medicine, physical sciences and national security. That's the conclusion from a panel convened by the energy department's Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC), which approved the panel's report on the state of the US isotope programme on 5 November. The programme supplies researchers with isotopes...