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ISOTOPES

Necsa unit wins $25m US medical isotopes contract

The Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) on Wednesday announced that its subsidiary, NTP Radioisotopes, has won a $25-million contract from the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), for the...

By: Creamer Media Reporter

27 Oct 10

Medical and Pharmaceutical Engineering

Radioisotope producer increases speed of scarce radioactive isotope

The worldwide scarcity of the radioactive isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), used in over 100 000 nuclear medical procedures, has prompted radioisotope producer NTP Radioisotopes to increase the speed of its production of the radioisotope to maintain...

NUCLEAR

SA boosts medical isotope production after Canadian reactor shutdown

South African producer of isotopes for the medical industry, NTP Radioisotopes, has increased its production by about 20%, following the shutdown of a large global producer in Canada in May, Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) CEO...

By: Chanel de Bruyn

03 Jul 09

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