technetium

New evidence of nuclear fuel releases found at Fukushima. Date: February 28, 2018; Source: Manchester University; Summary: Uranium and other radioactive materials, such as caesium and technetium, have been found in tiny particles released from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. Share: FULL STORY ...

The 'Global and Chinese Technetium 99m Industry, 2013-2023 Market Research Report' is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the global Technetium 99m Industry with a focus on the Chinese market. The report provides key statistics on the market status of the Technetium 99m Industry ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new system for generating the diagnostic radioisotope technetium-99m that it hopes will address shortages. The RadioGenix system developed by Beloit, Wisconsin-headquartered company NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes works by separating ...

In cracking into the medical moly-99 market, NorthStar believes that within a year it could supply as much as 10 percent of moly-99 and technetium-99m in the nation's $350 million to $400 million market. Within coming years, the company projects it could supply two-thirds of the domestic market, NorthStar ...

Some of the leading companies operating in the Middle East and Africa technetium-99m market are General Electric Company, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Siemens Healthineers, Advanced Cyclotron Systems, Inc., and IBA. Transparency Market Research finds that most companies in this avenue are ...

On 8 February the Food and Drug Administration announced its approval of the process NorthStar will use to separate technetium-99m from 99Mo. A 99Mo decay product, 99mTc is a gamma-emitting tracer used for roughly 40 000 nuclear medical imaging procedures daily. NorthStar officials say that they ...

The FDA announced that it has approved a new technology known as the RadioGenix System to produce the country's own supply of the radioisotope Technetium-99m. (HealthDay News) — A long-feared shortage of a substance used in millions of medical imaging procedures each year in the United ...

As the first man-made element, technetium was a pioneer of nuclear alchemy. Since its 1937 discovery in a fragment of foil from a cyclotron, atom smashers have swelled the periodic table with more than two dozen synthetic elements. Yet technetium did not simply rest on its laurels – it became a workhorse ...