NIDC News
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September 5, 2014
Among the many radioisotopes, the Department of Energy's Isotope Program has been producing and distributing germanium-68 (68Ge) for research and commercial applications for many years. Germanium-68 has a half-life of 271 days and decays to the radionuclide gallium-68 (68Ga, half-life 68 minutes). Germanium-68 has been mainly utilized as a reference source for the calibration and normalization of…
August 1, 2014
For the third year, DOE is planning to conduct a Helium-3 (He-3) auction. 4,000 liters of He-3 gas will be available for bids in a process similar to the one conducted late in 2013. DOE's Solicitation for Bids for the purchase of He-3 gas has been posted for viewing and downloading at this website's He-3 auction page on August 1, 2014.
After the Solicitation for Bids is issued, DOE will accept…
July 23, 2014
The NIDC has microgram quantities of berkelium-249 available for interested researchers. You may request a price quotation at http://isotopes.gov/catalog/product.php?element=Berkelium&type=rad&rad_product_index=7.
July 15, 2014
The Office of Science has announced the opening for applications to the 2014 DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program. Isotope Production Research is a topic of interest for this announcement. Applications are due no later than September 24, 2014, at 5:00 p.m., EST. Interested persons may get further information about the program at http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/…
