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A day anticipated by many across the nuclear community has finally arrived: NextEra Energy has officially announced its plans to restart Iowa’s only nuclear power plant, the Duane Arnold Energy Center.
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A capsule-type target is used with the ORNL 86-in. cyclotron for increased production rates of radioisotopes such as F18, Sr85, Y88, I125, and I130. The target is economical for irradiation of materials which are scarce or expensive, e.g. enriched isotopes and rare earths, and materials which yield gaseous products.
