Chalk River producing medical isotopes again

The troubled reactor at Chalk River that produces 30 per cent of the world’s medical diagnostic isotopes has resumed production after a 15-month shutdown.But the legacy of the shutdown will be felt for months and years to come because serious illnesses have gone undetected, says the head of the Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine.About 25 per cent of nuclear medicine diagnostic tests that should have been performed across Canada have had to be cancelled since the reactor shut down, Dr. Jean-Luc Urbain said in an interview from London, Ont..

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