Shortage of medical isotopes in the world, what can we do?
Posted June 25th, 2009 by admin 3 Comments »
Sam S asked:
Now to my understanding the chalk river plant is going to not be producing medical isotopes for quite some time. This has shortened the world supply by about 50 percent. Since medical isotopes have a short lifespan, how are they different from the isotopes and radioactives chemicals used in nuclear weapons? Why aren’t they deterioating or are they? Could we use those isotopes?
Now to my understanding the chalk river plant is going to not be producing medical isotopes for quite some time. This has shortened the world supply by about 50 percent. Since medical isotopes have a short lifespan, how are they different from the isotopes and radioactives chemicals used in nuclear weapons? Why aren’t they deterioating or are they? Could we use those isotopes?