Next Generation Nuclear Security Summit - Washington DC

Production and supply of medical isotopes

South Africa's NTP Radioisotopes (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), is currently the world's largest supplier of the strategically critical Molybdenum-99 medical isotope and is playing the leading role in supporting the practice of nuclear medicine globally.

Media Release (13 April 2010)

The next Generation Nuclear Security Summit currently being hosted by President Obama in Washington is an unprecedented event. Forty-seven heads of State from the developped and the developing world have gathered to agree on measures to prevent nuclear terrorism and to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials.

Related links:

U.S Department of State

Nuclear Security Summit Preview

Funding the Objective of Securing all Vulnerable Nuclear Material in Four Years

Securing Nuclear Stockpiles in Four Years

Making the Nuclear Security Summit Matter

Nuclear Material Security Policy and Funding Resources