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Reimagining nuclear materials for the future of medicine
Nuclear medicine has come a long way since Henri Becquerel first observed the penetrating energy of radioactive materials in 1896. Today, technetium-99m alone is used in more than 40 million diagnostic procedures every year—from cardiovascular imaging and bone scans to cancer detection—making it the undisputed workhorse of nuclear medicine. That single statistic tells you something important: An enormous portion of modern diagnostic medicine rests on a surprisingly narrow foundation, one built around a small number of aging research reactors that were never originally designed for continuous isotope production.
John Arthur (Jay) Mullis II
2025
Kenneth J. Rueter
2024
James W. BehrensMadeline A. FeltusNarasimha Prasad Kadambi
2021
Robert F. Penn, Jr.
2020
Kevin R. O'Kula
John Bennion
2015
Remy DeVoeJustin Knowles, Sekazi Mtingwa
2013
Mimi Holland Limbach
2011
Roger W. Tilbrook
2006
John W. Landis
2003
K.K.S. PillayFrance C. Bres-TutinoGuenther Kessler
1997
William F. Vogelsang
1989
Ira BornsteinY. G. Post
1988
Morton E. WacksKarl E. J. Wirtz
1983
A. Dixon Callihan
1980
James F. Schumar
1978
Chih H. WangOctave J. Du Temple
1972
Ralph G. Chalkea
1969
Louis G. Stang, Jr.
1965
Raymond D. Maxson
1963
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