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Isotopes for Medicine and the Life Sciences

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Radioactive isotopes and enriched stable isotopes are used widely in medicine, agriculture, industry, and science, where their application allows us to perform many tasks more accurately, more simply, less expensively, and more quickly than would otherwise be possible.

Indeed, in many cases?for example, biological tracers?there is no alternative.

In a stellar example of "technology transfer" that began before the term was popular, the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors has supported the development and application of isotopes and their transfer to the private sector.

The DOE is now at an important crossroads: Isotope production has suffered as support for DOE's laboratories has declined.

In response to a DOE request, this book is an intensive examination of isotope production and availability, including the education and training of those who will be needed to sustain the flow of radioactive and stable materials from their sources to the laboratories and medical care facilities in which they are used.

Chapters include an examination of enriched stable isotopes; reactor and accelerator-produced radionuclides; partnerships among industries, national laboratories, and universities; and national isotope policy. Table of ContentsFRONT MATTEREXECUTIVE SUMMARY1 INTRODUCTION2 ENRICHED STABLE ISOTOPES3 REACTOR-PRODUCED RADIONUCLIDES4 ACCELERATOR-PRODUCED RADIONUCLIDES AND A NATIONAL BIOMEDICALTRACER FACILITY5 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODELS FOR NBTF6 A NATIONAL ISOTOPE POLICY: PROPOSAL FOR A NEW WAY TO MANAGE THENATIONAPPENDIXESA Waste ManagementB Legal ConsiderationsC Acronyms and AbbreviationsD Table of ElementsE Glossary

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National Academies Press
0309051908 / 9780309051903
Paperback / softback
541.388
27/02/1995
United States
English
144 pages
152 x 229 mm
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