How can we support nuclear medicine efforts that help more than 40,000 people in the U.S. everyday? Researchers at the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed a way to produce the much-needed radioisotope technetium-99m using small research reactors like the one here at the university.

BONUS CONTENT

• The Oregon State TRIGA Reactor
• Northwest Medical Isotopes
• "Bringing medical isotope production closer to home"
• Molybdenum-99 for Medical Imaging
• Moly target

https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/season-8-health-and-safety/making-medical-isotope-used-millions-s8e1