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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.
Kent F. Hansen
Chih H. WangOctave J. Du Temple
University of Florida (First Place)University of Missouri-Columbia (Second Place)University of Wisconsin (Second Place)
Eastern IdahoVirginia (Honorable Mention)Trinity-New Mexico (Honorable Mention)Richland (Honorable Mention)
David L. Galbraith
Richard F. Post
Charles Artandi
Gerald Tape
Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR-II) Project Team
GraduatePurdue UniversityAlfred L. B. HoUndergraduateUniversity of TennesseeD. Cook, R. Gouldy, K. Harrington, P. Shelton, D. Sullivan, R. Wagner
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