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Reactors are indispensable for radioisotope production

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Radioisotopes can be produced by reactors and accelerators. For certain isotopes there could be an advantage to a certain production method. However, nowadays many reports suggest, that useful isotopes needed in medicine, industry and research could be produced efficiently and dependence on reactors using enriched U-235 may be eliminated. In my view reactors and accelerators will continue to play their role side by side in the supply of suitable and economical sources of isotopes.

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  1. Isotope Production Division, Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Ahmad Mushtaq

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Mushtaq, A. Reactors are indispensable for radioisotope production. Ann Nucl Med 24, 759–760 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-010-0425-3

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