Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium

by Committee on Medical Isotope Production, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, et al.

This book is the product of a congressionally mandated study to examine the feasibility of eliminating the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU2) in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope production facilities. The book focuses primarily on the use of HEU for the production of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), whose decay product, technetium-99m3 (Tc-99m), is used in the majority of medical diagnostic imaging procedures in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309130395
• ISBN13: 9780309130394
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"