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Radium sources yield cancer-fighting Ac-225 in IAEA program
The International Atomic Energy Agency has reported that, to date, 14 countries have made 14 transfers of disused radium to be recycled for use in advanced cancer treatments under the agency’s Global Radium-226 Management Initiative. Through this initiative, which was launched in 2021, legacy radium-226 from decades-old medical and industrial sources is used to produce actinium-225 radiopharmaceuticals, which have shown effectiveness in the treatment of patients with breast and prostate cancer and certain other cancers.
H. Jonas, R. Hecker, M. Kloth
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 58 | Number 1 | September 1975 | Pages 89-95
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE75-A26769
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Calculations taking into account the influence of grain structure on the effective resonance integral of high-temperature reactor fuel assemblies caused by the use of coated particles are checked by measurements of such fuel assemblies with a lead spectrometer. The effect is quite remarkable and can be clearly seen from the measurements. Calculations show good agreement with our measurements.
