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First commercial-sized shipment of medical isotopes to the US
NTP Radioisotopes, a subsidiary of the State-owned Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa), has successfully delivered the first official commercial-sized shipment of low-enriched-uranium- (LEU-) based Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) to the US. The shipment arrived in the US on July 21 to under-go a series of quality tests. During the nuclear security summit, held in Washington, in April, Necsa and NTP committed to supply LEU-based medical isotopes to the US. NTP increased the Mo-99 production to deal with the world shortage following the unexpected shutdown, owing to technical problems, of the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s National Universal Research medical nuclear reactor, in May last year, reports Necsa.
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U.S. Receives LEU-Produced Medical Isotopes
Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010
The United States has received its first commercial-volume delivery of medical isotopes made from low-enriched uranium for potential use in hospitals throughout the country, Creamer Media reported Friday (see GSN, July 23).
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Celebrating science
Donald Mmitshana, Training Office in Nuclear Skills Development at Necsa, explains some of the aspects of Nuclear Science to pupils during the National Science Week celebration at Necsa on Tuesday.
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Soft values in a hard science industry
Dr Rob Adam has always been a proponent of nuclear energy.
Skills retention and development is a focus for businesses in practically any sector. For Necsa CEO Dr Rob Adam, this has been a career-long focus.
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Living downstream from Pelindaba
In the issue of 25 June 2010 of Farmers Weekly, Abre' Steyn further writes about the contamination in Hartbeespoort Dam.
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Killing fish or removing evidence?
In the Farmer's weekly edition published on 21 May 2010, a former Ifafi resident described appaling health problems experienced by her family since the 1980's when she lived in Ifafi between 1983 and 1989. She is convinced that the problems were caused by drinking water supplied by the municipality from the Hartbespoort Dam.
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Whats wrong with Harties?
On 7 May in Farmer's Weekly, Abri Steyn wrote movingly about the death of his friend, Mike Elliot. In his column, Mr Steyn attributes his Friend's death to radioactivity in the water of Hartbeespoort Dam and specifically to effluent from Pelindaba.
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