1. Nuclear-reactor closure hits cancer tests.
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Hoag, Hannah
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MOLYBDENUM , *ISOTOPES , *ISOTOPIC power generators , *RADIOISOTOPES , *MAINTENANCE equipment , *MEDICAL equipment - Abstract
The article reports on the closure of the National Research Universal (NRU) in Ontario, Canada due to its scheduled maintenance resulting to the cancellation of tests for cancer and heart disease because of shortage of medical isotopes. The maintenance includes the installation of safety-related equipment, including upgrades to the reactor cooling pumps. These reactor supplies 60% of the molybdenum isotopes used in medical applications worldwide. MDS Nordion company, a life-sciences firm and molybdenum supplier stated that it expects shortages of the radioisotope until mid-January in 2008.
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- 2007
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