Canadian medical isotopes: A problem in search of a solution

Cleverly disguised as support for innovation in the cyclotron option, the federal government strategy lacks a coherent long-term vision required to move us away from week-to-week crisis management.

In 2007, Canada and the world were thrust into a major medical crisis in a remarkably short period of time. Unbeknownst to most Canadians, our nation was the world's leading supplier of medical isotopes and the source of those isotopes—the National Research Universal reactor at Chalk River,...

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