Eden Radioisotopes Files Construction Permit Application For New Mexico Facility

[Marlin]

https://www.nucnet.org/news/eden-radioisotopes-files-construction-permit-application-for-new-mexico-facility-5-5-2026

[News Wire]

Eden Radioisotopes submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a medical isotope production facility in Eunice, New Mexico. The proposed 1.8 MWt open-pool reactor will utilize low-enriched uranium to produce molybdenum-99 and other isotopes. This project aims to establish a domestic supply chain for medical diagnostics and cancer treatments, reducing reliance on foreign reactors that currently provide the entirety of the United States supply.

Company will use reactor concept optimised for high-yield production

US-based Eden Radioisotopes has filed a construction permit application with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an isotope production complex near Eunice, New Mexico.

This purpose-built facility is designed to produce a domestic source of life-saving medical isotopes – something currently unavailable at scale in the US.

The company proposes to use a small, nonpower, open-pool reactor design that is optimised for high-yield isotope production. The reactor will use low-enriched uranium and operate at 1.8 MWt. Eden expects to operate it for 22 hours per day, using the downtime to replace targets.

Read the full article at The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency:
https://www.nucnet.org/news/eden-radioisotopes-files-construction-permit-application-for-new-mexico-facility-5-5-2026