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Protein shows potential to accelerate cancer therapy research and application

Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 8:05PMNuclear News

LLNL and Penn State researchers developed a new approach to study and purify medical isotopes, including actinium. (Image: Thomas Reason/LLNL)

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated that a natural protein found bonded to rare earth elements can be recovered and used as a tool to purify and effectively manage radioactive metals that show promise for cancer therapy and the detection of illicit nuclear activities.

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Bill would require NRC reporting of nuclear medicine extravasations

Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 2:28PMNuclear News

Bipartisan legislation introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month seeks to close a loophole that currently allows medical patients to be unintentionally exposed to...

Pacific Fusion: Fusing pulser innovation with General Atomics’ expertise

Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:10PMNuclear News

Pacific Fusion has a staff that knows its way around pulsers and inertial fusion, and an ongoing collaboration with General Atomics. Today, the two companies are announcing plans to test...

Pacific Fusion predicts “1,000-fold leap” in performance, net facility gain by 2030

Mon, Apr 21, 2025, 2:39PMNuclear News

Inertial fusion energy (IFE) developer Pacific Fusion, based in Fremont, Calif., announced this morning that it is on target to achieve net facility gain—more fusion energy out than all...

Penn State and Westinghouse make eVinci microreactor plan official

Wed, Mar 5, 2025, 9:00PMNuclear News

Penn State and Westinghouse Electric Company are working together to site a new research reactor on Penn State’s University Park, Pa., campus: Westinghouse’s eVinci, a HALEU TRISO-fueled...

BWXT to acquire Kinectrics in “complementary” $525M deal

Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 6:01PMNuclear News

Nuclear manufacturer BWX Technologies has announced its plan to acquire Kinectrics Inc. for approximately $525 million. The deal is expected to close in mid-2025....

What’s different about Pacific Fusion’s pulsed magnetic concept?

Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 12:00PMNuclear News

With more than 40 fusion development companies announcing plans and funding, it’s hard for a newcomer to stand out, but Pacific Fusion is giving it a try. The company, based in Fremont,...

N. Prasad Kadambi—ANS member since 1972

Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 8:29PMNuclear News

We welcome ANS members who have careered in the community to submit their own Nuclear Legacy stories, so that the personal history of nuclear science and technology can be captured. For...

General Atomics R&D team recognized for contributions to NIF’s fusion ignition

Tue, Aug 13, 2024, 2:43PMNuclear News

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has achieved fusion ignition at least five times, each time by directing its 192 high-powered lasers on a capsule...

Missouri radioisotope producer MURR joins European nuclear medicine group

Mon, Jul 22, 2024, 2:30PMNuclear News

The University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) is the latest member of Nuclear Medicine Europe, an industry association for the radiopharmaceutical and molecular imaging industry in...

Why is ITER valuable for the U.S.?

Tue, Jul 2, 2024, 2:36PMNuclear NewsLynne Degitz

Public and private sectors are actively advancing research and development and concepts to realize a path to practical, clean, safe fusion energy. New fusion performance records continue to be...

Protein shows potential to accelerate cancer therapy research and application

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