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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.
Vishal Patel (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Ethan Chaleff (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Jenny Gaebel (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Morgan Gulliver (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Brian Ade (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Caen Ang (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Tanek Ballachanda (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Tom Crotzer (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Jesse Dumas (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Michael Eades (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Andrew Falkowski (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Neal Gaffin (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Marcus Gage (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Gavin Garside (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Cristian Garza (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Doug Greisen (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Tom Hinklin (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Nolan MacDonald (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Andrew Minter (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Sara Pelka (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Aaron She (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Paolo Venneri (Ultra Safe Nuclear)
Proceedings | Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2024) | Santa Fe, NM, May 6-10, 2024 | Pages 359-364
