Alternative production methods to face global molybdenum-99 supply shortage

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-55

  Lyra, Maria ^a   Charalambatou, Paraskevi ^a   Roussou, Eirini ^a   Fytros, Stavros ^a   Baka, Irini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

99Mo accelerator production; 99Mo shortage; 99mTc production; Highly enriched uranium; Low enriched uranium

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM 99; URANIUM 238;

ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; ISOTOPE TRACING; NEUTRON RADIATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SHORT SURVEY;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INTERNATIONALITY; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; URANIUM;

EID: 79955434130     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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