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Radioisotopes / Belgium Produces Mo-99 From LEU For First Time

By David Dalton
4 May 2020

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Belgium Produces Mo-99 From LEU For First Time
The Mo-99 was produced by Belgium’s National Institute of Radioelements. Photo courtesy IRE.
Belgium’s National Institute of Radioelements (IRE) has produced molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) for medical use using irradiated low-enriched uranium for the first time.

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