Science news articles about 'technetium 99m'

Technetium-99m production does not rely on reactors or enriched uranium

... today that the Government of Canada is supporting research to find alternatives to nuclear-produced Technetium-99m, the principal medical isotope affected by the current shutdown at the Chalk River ...

... to act without delay." Mo-99 decays into Technetium-99m (Tc-99m)—a medical isotope used in approximately 16 million nuclear diagnostic imaging procedures annually in the ...

... to the survey, 60 percent of radiopharmacies have been impacted by the most recent shortage. Technetium-99m is a product of Molybdenum-99, which has been in short supply recently. Nuclear physicians ...