2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting: Medical isotopes production and applicationsNuclear NewsNovember 16, 2020, 5:28PM|Nuclear News StaffThe Monday session “Advancement in Medical Isotopes Production and Applications” of the 2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting was sponsored by the Isotopes & Radiation Division and co-chaired by Lin-Wen Hu of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James Bowen of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.Radioisotopes produced from nuclear reactors and accelerators are widely used for medical diagnostics and cancer therapy. Technetium-99m (decay product of molybdenum-99), for example, is used in more than 80 percent of nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures. The session featured speakers who discussed the advancement and status of domestic production and applications of medical isotopes.ExpandTags:ans winter meetingdoeisotopesmolybdenum-99murrnnsashineShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley national lab create new isotopeNuclear NewsResearch & ApplicationsJune 29, 2020, 7:31AM|Nuclear News StaffA team of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) scientists has discovered a new form of the human-made element mendelevium, LBNL reported on June 23. The newly created isotope, mendelevium-244, is the 17th and lightest form of mendelevium, which is element 101 on the periodic table.ExpandTags:berkeley labfionaisotopesnuclear researchnuclear scienceShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
DOE to provide $16 million for isotope R&DNuclear NewsIsotopes & RadiationApril 17, 2020, 10:04AM|Nuclear News StaffThe Department of Energy is awarding up to $16 million in new funding to advance research and development of isotope production. The funding opportunity is part of a federal program that produces critical isotopes that are otherwise unavailable or in short supply for U.S. science, medicine, and industry. The effort is aimed at sustaining longstanding U.S. leadership in the vital field of isotope production, research, and development, according to the DOE.ExpandTags:doefunding opportunityisotopesr&dShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Experimental Breeder Reactor I: A retrospectiveANS Nuclear CafeDecember 19, 2019, 5:29PM|Will SearightIn the not-so-distant 20th century past, our planet was in an uncertain new-world order. The second of two major wars had dramatically reshaped the landscape of the world's nations. It was not by any means assured that the extraordinary nuclear process of fission, which itself had been discovered mere years before the second war's end, would be successfully utilized for anything but the tremendous and frightening powers realized in thermonuclear warheads. In the years following, a humble project materializing out of the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho was to challenge that assertion and demonstrate that nuclear fission could indeed be a commercial, peaceful source of electrical power for civilizations around the globe.Go to ArticleTags:1966american nuclear societyans young members groupatomic energy commissionatoms for peaceaugust 26careers in nucleardr. glenn seaborgebr-ieisenhowerexperimental breeder reactor number 1framatomeusidahoidaho national laboratoryinlisotopesjohn grossenbachernational reactor testing stationnuclear historynuclear newsoak ridge national labornlplutoniumpresident lyndon johnsonreactorsunited stateswill searightx-10Share:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Medicine Radiates Hope For PatientsANS Nuclear CafeNovember 5, 2018, 3:06PM|Emma MeyersAs a fourth year nursing student working in Chicago area hospitals, I deal with nuclear medicine quite often. The term "nuclear medicine" can sound disconcerting, but when you are familiar with it, I assure you, it's not. Just think of it as a bunch of necessary medical tools with a little radiation thrown in. I know what you are thinking. Radiation? What? Relax. It's fine. You already know it, and either you, or someone you know, has been exposed to this specific area of medicine via certain procedures.Go to ArticleTags:american nuclear societyannual meetingans nuclear cafeans winter meeting and expocancercat scanct scancurieemma meyersisotopesloyolaloyola university chicagolymphomanavigating nuclearnuclearnuclear medicinenuclear newsnuclear pioneersnuclearmedicinepet scanradiationradiation therapyShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
National Nuclear Science Week 2018 Kicks OffANS Nuclear CafeOctober 15, 2018, 2:00PM|ANS Nuclear CafeThis week is National Nuclear Science Week - an exciting week of learning, teaching and interacting on all things nuclear-related. (You can read about the history of National Nuclear Science Week, or NNSW, by following this link.)Go to ArticleTags:educationenergyenvironmental benefits of nuclearfamous scientistirradiationisotopesk-12marie curienational engineers weeknational laboratoriesnational nuclear science weeknavigating nuclearnuclearnuclear educationnuclear historynuclear newsnuclear pioneersnuclear science weeknuclear technologyphysicsradiationscience & engineering educationusa science & engineering festivalShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
"Nuclear Medicine" - National Nuclear Science Week, Day 5 (October 24)ANS Nuclear CafeOctober 24, 2014, 6:00AM|Will DavisThe fifth and final day of Nuclear Science Week is all about Nuclear Medicine. Have you ever experienced a procedure at a hospital that employed radiation? Did you know that there are actually many different ways that nuclear technology is employed in medicine-and not just at your local hospitals?Go to ArticleTags:center for nuclear science & technology informationisotopesnational nuclear science weeknuclear technologyscience & engineering educationShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Video Matinee Mother's Day Double FeatureANS Nuclear CafeMay 9, 2014, 7:57PM|ANS Nuclear CafeThe second Sunday in May marks the celebration of Mother's Day in the United States and many countries. In honor of this wonderful tradition, the Nuclear Cafe Matinee is quite pleased to showcase interviews with nuclear engineer Julie Ezold, Californium-252 Production Program Manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Go to ArticleTags:isotopesnuclear matineenuclear technologyoak ridge national laboratoryShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
A Salute to Medical Ionizing Radiation During Breast Cancer Awareness MonthANS Nuclear CafeOctober 17, 2012, 6:00AM|Bryan BednarzAs a cancer researcher, I am constantly reminded of the horrific impact that breast cancer has on women and their families. This past week I received notification from my boss informing me and others that a work colleague's daughter had recently passed away from breast cancer at the age of 40-certainly this reminder was much closer to home than usual. It is difficult to imagine the pain and suffering my colleague and his wife are now experiencing, adding to what I am sure was a nerve-racking and exhausting period of consultations for the family and treatments for his daughter.Go to ArticleTags:breast cancer awareness monthisotopesnuclear medicineradiationShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
8th International Conference on IsotopesANS Nuclear CafeSeptember 24, 2012, 6:00PM|ANS Nuclear CafeThe American Nuclear Society will welcome delegates from around the world to Chicago in August 2014 for the 8th International Conference on Isotopes (8ICI).Go to ArticleTags:8iciisotopesmeetingsnuclear forensicsnuclear medicinenuclear sciencenuclear technologyworld council on isotopesShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook