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Reimagining nuclear materials for the future of medicine
Nuclear medicine has come a long way since Henri Becquerel first observed the penetrating energy of radioactive materials in 1896. Today, technetium-99m alone is used in more than 40 million diagnostic procedures every year—from cardiovascular imaging and bone scans to cancer detection—making it the undisputed workhorse of nuclear medicine. That single statistic tells you something important: An enormous portion of modern diagnostic medicine rests on a surprisingly narrow foundation, one built around a small number of aging research reactors that were never originally designed for continuous isotope production.
Todd R. Allen
John Arthur (Jay) Mullis II
Michael Scott Greenwood
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Douglas Charles CrawfordJie LianIgor RemecMichael TonksKenan ÜnlüGarry G. Young
Jamie Baalis Coble
Abdalla Abou-JaoudeMichael CooperXu Wu
Sunil Chirayath
Kenneth C. Marsden
Robert P. Martin
Ben Holtzman
Ge Yang
Andrew T. Nelson
ANS Savanah River Local SectionYasushi Ando, Hiroyuki Oigawa, and Nobuyoshi Ishida (group)Yasir ArafatRian M. BahranSylvie BermannTracy S. BoatnerRep. Chuck FleischmannNaohiro MasudaHo NiehAkira OnoTighe W. Smith
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