Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets

Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets

Proceedings of a Symposium

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309466271
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309466288
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309466301
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2018
  • Month: February
  • Pages: 87
  • DDC: 615
  • Language: English

Participants of the July 17-18, 2017, symposium titled Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets examined current trends in molybdenum-99 production, prospects for new global supplies, and technical, economic, regulatory, and other considerations for supplying molybdenum-99 to global markets. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the symposium.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Overview
  • 1 Opening Remarks
  • 2 Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m in Nuclear Medicine
  • 3 Current Molybdenum-99 Supply
  • 4 Conversion to Low Enriched UraniumSourced Production and Opportunities for Research and Development
  • 5 Supply Reliability
  • 6 Prospects for Molybdenum-99 Future Supply
  • 7 Molybdenum-99 Supply Sustainability
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Agenda
  • Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Presenters, and Moderators
  • Appendix C: List of Participants

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