Physics in Canada / La Physique au Canada - 2010 (66.1)

Medical Isotope Production Using Commercially-Available Accelerator and Processing Technologies

Author(s)
Randy Kobes
Jeff Martin
Kennedy Mang'era
Chris Saunders
Institution
University of Winnipeg
University of Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Acsion Industries

Natural Resources Canada invited proposals last year by the private and public sectors for alternatives to producing Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m, the key medical isotopes currently in short supply around the world. This article will describe the proposal submitted by PIPE – the Prairie Isotope Production Enterprise, which is a non-profit organization with membership consisting of a number of groups from Manitoba and Saskatchewan.