1 week of MARIA reactor operation=radiopharmaceuticals for 100,000 patients
Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Polish MARIA research reactor is saving the day in world nuclear medicine in time when the Dutch research reactor in Petten had to be unexpectedly shut down. NCBJ has scheduled some additional irradiation sessions to deliver additional portions of Molybdenum-99 in amount sufficient to perform extra 300,000 medical procedures, and that way to fill an unexpected gap on the nuclear medicine preparation market.