Chalk River Medical-Isotope Reactor

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Chalk River Laboratories - Wikipedia

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Chalk River Laboratories (French: Laboratoires de Chalk River; also known as CRL, Chalk River Labs and formerly Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, CRNL) is a Canadian nuclear research facility in Deep River, about 180 km (110 mi) north-west of Ottawa. CRL is a site of major research and development to … See more

Chalk River reactor shutdown to last at least 3 months: AECL

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/chalk-river-reactor-shutdown-to-last-at-least-3-months-aecl-1.783201

The Ontario nuclear reactor that supplies 30 per cent of the world's medical isotopes will be shut down for at least three months to repair, the facility's operator said …

Medical Isotopes - AECL

https://www.aecl.ca/science-technology/medical-isotopes/

The Chalk River Laboratories have been at the forefront of health research on medical isotopes for decades. In medicine, radioactive isotopes are used in the diagnosis and …

'Patients will suffer' from Chalk River shutdown: medical imaging …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/patients-will-suffer-from-chalk-river-shutdown-medical-imaging-industry-1.774935

The Chalk River reactor previously sparked a global shortage of medical isotopes in November 2007 after it was closed for a month. During routine maintenance, …

Expanded medical isotope production part of Chalk River …

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/expanded-medical-isotope-production-part-of-chalk-river-legacy/

Historic NRU reactor to close in 2018 Timeline of National Research Universal reactor (NRU) at Chalk River Mayor worried about …

National Research Universal reactor - Wikipedia

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National Research Universal reactor Coordinates: 46°3′15.53″N 77°21′52.12″W The National Research Universal ( NRU) reactor was a 135 MW nuclear research reactor …

Reactor shutdown threatens world’s medical-isotope supply

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2016.20577

Chalk River produces about 20% of the world’s supply of technetium; the rest comes from six other reactors in Europe, Australia and South Africa. Most of these …

Radioisotopes in Medicine - World Nuclear Association

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/radioisotopes-research/radioisotopes-in-medicine.aspx

Technetium generators – a lead pot enclosing a glass tube containing the radioisotope – are supplied to hospitals from the nuclear reactor where the isotopes are made. They contain molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), with a half …

World Nuclear Association - World Nuclear News

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Repaired-isotope-reactor-back-in-operation

Repaired isotope reactor back in operation. Canada's National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at Chalk River, which has been offline for repairs for the past 15 months following the discovery of a …

Doctors fear shortage as Chalk River reactor halts production of …

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/medical-isotope-shortage-feared-as-chalk-river-reactor-closes/article32582481/

The National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Chalk River, Ont., northwest of Ottawa, is scheduled to stop making molybdenum-99 on Monday, even …

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