Science news articles about 'medical isotopes'

... at Canada's national particle and nuclear physics lab is calling on the Canadian government to look into ways of delivering radioactive medical isotopes without the need for nuclear reactors.

The sludge that was quarantined near the Canadian border tested positive for radiation because of the presence of a medical isotope, according to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

... expert is calling on the Government to provide substantial new investment into the production of medical isotopes or face a dangerous shortage that threatens to compromise patient healthcare.

An expert is calling on the U.K. government to provide substantial new investment into the production of medical isotopes or face a dangerous shortage that threatens to compromise patient healthcare.

P.E.I. is receiving only about a quarter of the medical isotopes it would normally get this week due to a shutdown of the reactor at Chalk River, Ont.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said Thursday the production of medical isotopes, produced by nuclear reactors for use in many diagnostic procedures, is a possibility - depending on the outcome of ...

The McMaster University Medical Centre will step in on Friday in an attempt to help alleviate the shortage of medical isotopes.

... by the current shutdown at the Chalk River nuclear reactor. Health professionals use medical isotopes in combination with imaging technologies to diagnose and treat conditions such as cancer and ...

Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt met with medical isotope experts from around the world on Thursday to try to secure an alternate supply for Canada.

Critics of nuclear development in Saskatchewan say a plan by the provincial government to supply medical isotopes may lead to more substantial nuclear facilities.

A newly formed group is looking into the possibility of making Winnipeg a producer of medical isotopes.

A Canadian reactor that produced one-third of the world's supply of medical isotopes before it closed in May for repairs will remain offline at least until early 2010, nuclear authorities said ...

... earlier this year. Subsequently, the Canadian government announced that it will no longer produce medical isotopes as of 2016. "To date, it has not been a pretty picture—and that is why SNM is so ...

Canada announced Friday it is scrapping development of two new nuclear reactors that would have supplied radioactive materials, essential for medical tests, to most of the world.

Avoiding a situation like the Chalk River shutdown and the subsequent shortage of medical isotopes requires a better balance between public safety and the health of patients, says a report released ...