Medical isotope shortage reaches crisis level again
JUL 16, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023515
Nature News : The worldwide shortage of medical isotopes is about to get much worse this week, as the High Flux Reactor in Petten , the Netherlands, closes for a month-long maintenance inspection.It joins the National Research Universal reactor in Chalk River , Ontario, Canada, which has been closed since 15 May because of a heavy-water leak and is unlikely to restart before late 2009, according to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, the government-sponsored body that runs the facility.
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