Beginning in the late 1950s, the U.S. met this challenge by developing nuclear batteries known as radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and producing plutonium-238 (Pu-238) as their fuel, ...

NASA is inviting U.S. students from kindergarten to 12th grade to participate in its fourth annual Power to Explore Student ...

The Section aims to strengthen the capacities of Member States in producing radioisotope products for the management of cancer and other chronic diseases and to develop and implement radiation ...

Cancer and heart patients in Northern Ireland are likely to have their treatment delayed or cancelled due to a “severe shortage” of radioisotopes in Northern Ireland. Radioisotopes are mainly ...

Radioisotopes are used worldwide in a range of medical, industrial, research and academic applications. A large proportion of these radioisotopes are produced in particle accelerators, and the number ...