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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455395603321

Titolo

Medical isotope production without highly enriched uranium [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division of Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-23924-4

9786612239243

0-309-13040-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

546.431

Soggetti

Uranium - Isotopes - Therapeutic use

Highly enriched uranium - Isotopes - Therapeutic use

Molybdenum - Isotopes - Therapeutic use

Technetium - Isotopes - Therapeutic use

Radioisotopes - Therapeutic use

Nuclear medicine - Standards - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-167).

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Background and Study Task""; ""2 Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m Production and Use""; ""3 Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m Supply""; ""4 Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m Supply Reliability""; ""5 Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m Demand""; ""6 Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m Production Costs""; ""7 Conversion to LEU-Based Production of Molybdenum-99: Technical Considerations""; ""8 Conversion to LEU-Based Production of Molybdenum-99: Regulatory Considerations""

""9 Conversion to LEU-Based Production of Molybdenum-99: General Approaches and Timing""""10 Conversion to LEU-Based Production of Molybdenum-99: Prospects and Feasibility""; ""11 Progress in



Eliminating HEU Use""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Section 630 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix C: Presentations and Visits""; ""Appendix D: Alternative Molybdenum-99 Production Processes""; ""Appendix E: Correspondence with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited""; ""Appendix F: Present Value Calculation""; ""Appendix G: Glossary""

""Appendix H: Acronyms""