More Mo-99 in the Pipeline
Yet another supplier has jumped on board the Mo-99 production train. Laurentis Energy Partners, a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), and BWXT ITG Canada Inc., a sister company of BWXT Canada, announced they are partnering to produce Mo-99 at OPG’s Darlington nuclear generation station on the shore of Lake Ontario in Clarington, east of Toronto. Previously, Shine Medical Technologies announced that it raised funding for the continuing development of its Janesville, WI facility, which will focus on the production of Mo-99 and other radioisotopes used in nuclear medicine. This addition of Laurentis to the production of Mo-99 in North
SNMMI, ASNC, ASTRO and the ACR Request Relief from Hands-on Training Due to COVID-19
The NRC recently agreed to consider the request for a modification to its rule regarding hands-on training for those involved with the preparing of radioactive materials for use in patients for imaging and localization studies during the Pandemic. The NRC agreed to expedite the request for review of its regulation: described in 35.290(c)(1)(ii)(G). Learn more.