NIDC News
Our NIDC News reports the latest developments in U.S. Department of Energy’s isotope production efforts, university partnerships, facility improvements, staff news, and other notable center activities as they occur. Stay Connected
March 1, 2018
An automated purification of zirconium-89 (89Zr) from a yttrium (Y) target has been developed by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), in collaboration with the University of Washington Department of Radiology, and is detailed in the February 2018 issue of Applied Radiation and Isotopes.
A positron emitter with a relatively long half-life (78.4 h), 89Zr is a promising…
February 9, 2018
Actinium-225 (Ac-225, t1/2 = 10.0 days) is routinely available from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Isotope Program. Starting in February 2018, Ac-225 will be produced regularly via the proton bombardment of thorium-232 (Th-232) targets at our accelerator sites at Brookhaven (BNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL). Ac-225 continues to be distributed as a thorium-229 (Th-229) decay…
January 10, 2018
The latest issue of our National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) Newsletter is now available! Read about the latest developments in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) isotope production, university partnerships, facility improvements, staff news, and more. Highlights for this issue include:
New University Partnership with University of Missouri Fortifies Supply of High Specific…
September 29, 2017
The U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program is pleased to announce the availability of lutetium-177 (Lu-177) for distribution through our partnership with the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center (MURR). Lu-177 is a radioisotope commonly used for research in cancer treatment and has a half-live of 6.65 days. The product, Lu-177 chloride solution (0.05M HCl), has a specific activity of…
September 11, 2017
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Isotope Program is pleased to announce the availability of heavy water (D2O) for research purposes. The general specifications of the material are given in the table below. Additional analytical results are available upon request.
The heavy water is packaged in polypropylene-coated, stainless steel kegs, each with a capacity of 50 L and measuring…
August 3, 2017
Following several years of constrained supply, the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program has replenished its inventory and is accepting new orders for the radioisotope uranium-234 (U-234), which is most commonly used to prolong the life of flux monitors for nuclear power plants. The available U-234 is recovered via chemical ion-exchange from substantial amounts of aged plutonium-238 housed at…
July 12, 2017
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Isotope Program is pleased to announce a new partnership with the University of Missouri that further strengthens the nation’s isotope portfolio. Finalized in May 2017, the partnership enables the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center (MURR), located in Columbia, Missouri, to supply the biological tracer and research isotope selenium-75 (Se-75)…
June 1, 2017
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Isotope Program seeks to remind the user community of the routine availability of radium-223 (Ra-223: t1/2 = 11.4 days) and thorium-227 (Th-227: t1/2 = 18.7 days). These alpha-emitters are obtained from Ac-227 cows to produce very high purity products. Isotopes milked from the cows are separated and purified at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Pacific…
May 20, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Isotope Program is pleased to announce the finalization of a partnership with the University of Washington’s (UW) Department of Radiation Oncology located at the UW Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Finalized on April 29th, the partnership allows UW to supply astatine-211 (At-211) for pre-clinical research through the National Isotope Development Center’…
December 11, 2015
The DOE Isotope Program is developing production of strontium-89 (Sr-89) and will engage in routine production if there is sufficient demand. The National Isotope Development Center is planning to have millicurie quantities of non-GMP strontium-89 (Sr-89) solution available for evaluation by potential users. The distribution of samples is planned for mid-January, 2016. Please reply to…
