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Radioisotopes / Framatome And KHNP Sign MOU On Lutetium-177 Production At Wolsong Nuclear Station

By David Dalton
18 April 2024

Technology has already been used at Bruce station in Canada

Framatome And KHNP Sign MOU On Lutetium-177 Production At Wolsong Nuclear Station
The Wolsong nuclear power station has three Canada-designed Candu 6 nuclear units. Courtesy KHNP.
French nuclear reactor business Framatome and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) have signed a memorandum of understanding to demonstrate the feasibility of producing non-carrier added lutetium-177 (Lu-177) – a medical radioisotope used for a variety of lifesaving cancer treatments – at the Wolsong nuclear power station in South Korea.

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