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Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets Proceedings of a Symposium (2018) / Chapter Skim
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1 Opening Remarks
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... THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES Dr. Ourania Kosti (National Academies)
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... Hedvig Hricak. It highlighted several emerging opportunities in nuclear medicine, but cautioned that "deteriorating infrastructure and loss of federal research support are jeopardizing the advancement of nuclear medicine." • In 2009, the National Academies issued a report titled Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium (NRC, 2009)
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... OPENING REMARKS 7 collaborative spirit in many countries outside Russia, including the United States. He was elected a foreign member of the National Academies in 2005, for his leadership in the uses of uranium and for the direction of national and international programs for the management of radioactive waste.
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