Moly 99 reactor could lead to US supply of isotope to track disease
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 09:32
in Mathematics & Economics
An Albuquerque startup company has licensed a Sandia National Laboratories technology that offers a way to make molybdenum-99, a key radioactive isotope needed for diagnostic imaging in nuclear medicine, in the United States. Known as moly 99, it is made in aging nuclear reactors outside the country, and concerns about future shortages have been in the news for years.