US weighs entering radioisotope market
- 1 May 2008
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 61 (5) , 22-24
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2930724
Abstract
Any US site that produces molybdenum-99, a parent to the radioisotope used in 70–80% of medical imaging, would use low-enriched uranium, which could aid nonproliferation by prodding suppliers in other countries to do the same.Keywords
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