Interagency Cooperation Transforms Legacy Waste into Strategic Medical Radioisot

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https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/interagency-cooperation-transforms-legacy-waste-strategic-medical-radioisotope

[News Wire]

The Department of Energy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have recovered radium-226 from legacy waste materials. This interagency project increases the domestic supply of a feedstock used for medical radioisotope production. The recovered material supports the development of targeted cancer therapies that rely on a stable supply of radioactive isotopes.

DOE and DOC collaborate to recover radium-226 (Ra-226), strengthening the domestic supply of a critical material needed for new cutting-edge cancer therapy.

Securing a domestic supply of radium-226 (Ra-226) is a strategic priority for the United States, and a new interagency effort is delivering results. The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Isotope R&D and Production (IRP), within the Office of Science, and the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recovered significant quantities of a rare and valuable feedstock material used for medical radioisotope production, Ra-226, from obsolete materials...

Read the full article at Energy.gov:
https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/interagency-cooperation-transforms-legacy-waste-strategic-medical-radioisotope