China’s first commercial batch of Lu-177 isotope produced at a commercial reactor was officially launching medical market on 25 June. Lu-177 plays a prominent role as a distinctive medical isotope in the precise diagnosis and treatment of cancer. It can be combined with targeted drugs to accurately kill cancer cells and is widely used in…
The IAEA has launched a new ISEMIR database specifically for workers in industrial processes involving Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM), called ISEMIR-N. Globally, there are more than 24 million workers in industries such as mining, oil and gas production, mineral sands, water treatment, metal refining and recycling, phosphate production and geothermal energy who are monitored…
James Bickford Charles Stark Draper Laboratory New and exciting missions, such as rendezvous with passing interstellar objects, or multi-target observation work at the gravitational focus of the Sun, require speeds far exceeding those of conventional rockets. Exotic solar sail approaches may be able to reach the desired distant locations, but cannot perform the required propulsive…
At a time when sustainable water resources are critical, the IAEA has unveiled an ambitious strategy to delve deeper into groundwater. The theme of the Agency’s new Coordinated Research Project (CRP), “Modelling and Isotope-Based Ageing for the Assessment of Fossil GW Resources”, focuses on strengthening the integration of environmental tracer data with numerical simulations of…
