Medical isotope production and nuclear terrorism

N Covington - CMAJ, 2008 - Can Med Assoc
1. Cnossen JS, Morris RK, ter Riet G, et al. Use of uterine artery Doppler ultrasonography to
predict pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction: a systematic review and bivariable …

Are medical radioisotopes contributing to global nuclear insecurity?

GS Sher - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Nuclear medicine requires the use of medical radioisotopes for a wide variety of procedures,
which have saved millions of lives. The most commonly used medical radioisotope is …

[HTML][HTML] North America's medical isotope crisis

P Webster - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Supplies of medical isotopes in North America have been severely disrupted by an
emergency shutdown at the Canadian reactor that produces a third of the world's stocks …

Medical isotope production at TRIUMF–from imaging to treatment

C Hoehr, F Bénard, K Buckley, J Crawford, A Gottberg… - Physics Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
TRIUMF has a long history of medical isotope production. For more than 40 years, the Life
Sciences Division at TRIUMF has produced isotopes for Positron Emission Tomography …

Nuclear medicine's double hazard: imperiled treatment and the risk of terrorism

C Hansell - The Global Politics of Combating Nuclear Terrorism, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter examines the production of metastable technetium-99 (Tc-99m), the world's
most important radiopharmaceutical, focusing on reliability of supply and risks of nuclear …

Cyclotron production of medical isotopes scales up

T Lougheed - 2013 - Can Med Assoc
Canada will reconsider its decision to appoint a University of Ottawa professor to chair a
panel it convened to assess the safety of radiowave-emitting devices such as cellular …

Canada's nuclear fallout

R Collier - 2008 - Can Med Assoc
CMAJ• February 26, 2008• 178 (5) 537 nut capital of the world, Canada has long been
admired for its contribution to nuclear medicine. The global nuclear imaging and …

[HTML][HTML] Isotope program expands activities

T Feder - Physics Today, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The US isotope program gets a healthy dose of kudos in a recent report by the Nuclear
Science Advisory Committee Isotopes Subcommittee (NSACI). A key change in the program …

[BOOK][B] The 2009-2010 Medical Isotope Shortage: Cause, Effects and Future Considerations

M Zakzouk - 2010 - epe.lac-bac.gc.ca
Library of Parliament Background Papers present and analyze various aspects of current
issues in an objective, impartial manner. They are prepared by the Parliamentary …

Evangelicals, scientists reach common ground on climate change

E Kintisch - 2006 - science.org
Plans for a nuclear physics facility that would mimic stellar explosions have been pushed
back 5 years, US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman told Congress last week. US …