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Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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IAEA report confirms safety of discharged Fukushima water
An International Atomic Energy Agency task force has confirmed that the discharge of treated water from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is proceeding in line with international safety standards. The task force’s findings were published in the agency’s fourth report since Tokyo Electric Power Company began discharging Fukushima’s treated and diluted water in August 2023.
More information can be found on the IAEA’s Fukushima Daiichi ALPS Treated Water Discharge web page.
Mario Marengo, Gianfranco Cicoria, Angelo Infantino, Sara Vichi, Federico Zagni, Domiziano Mostacci
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 197 | Number 9 | September 2023 | Pages 2259-2269
Review Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2022.2146433
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Cyclotrons are one of the most important sources of radionuclides used in biomedical applications. The production of important radionuclides used in single-photon emission tomography techniques such as 123I, 67Ga, 201Tl, and 111In has been based for decades on cyclotrons, typically proton machines with an energy up to 30 MeV. The extraordinary growth of positron emission tomography (PET) has led to the development of new models and to the installation of numerous cyclotrons, typically accelerating protons in the energy range 10 to 20 MeV. These have been used for the production of the main PET radionuclides, namely, 11C, 13N, 15O, and above all, 18F. Recently, their use has been extended to the production of radiometals, like 68Ga, and even to the direct production of 99mTc. Moreover, cyclotrons are a valuable tool for research and for the education of new scientists. This critical review presents the main manufacturers and briefly discusses the characteristics of the models they currently offer on the market.