Isotopes on the ropes.

The article focuses on the medical isotope shortage problem in the U.S. created by the shutdown of a Canadian nuclear reactor. In response to the problem, a letter was sent to the U.S. Senate and House appropriations committees by a coalition of medical and nuclear-nonproliferation groups asking for the provision of funding to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to begin domestic production of medical isotopes using low-enriched uranium.