Life Cycle innovations & Isotopes / Section Fuels & Isotopes (LCI/FI) -
Isotopen Productie bij NRG
Technetium (Tc-99m) is de meest toegepaste radioisotoop in de nucleaire geneeskunde.
Het wordt in 80% van alle radiodiagnostische handelingen gebruikt. Dit komt neer
op 7 miljoen behandelingen per jaar in Europa en 8 miljoen per jaar in de Verenigde Staten.
De behoefte in de wereld aan Molybdeen (Mo-99), de moedernuclide van Tc-99m,
wordt geschat op 6000 tot 7000 Ci per week. Het grootste deel van de Mo productie
wordt gerealiseerd door de splijting van U-235 in hoog verrijkt uranium. In Petten wordt
hiervoor de Hoge Flux Reactor (HFR) gebruikt.
In nauwe samenwerking met het Gemeenschappelijk Centrum voor Onderzoek (GCO van de EU) en Mallinckrodt Medical, is NRG één van de grootste producenten van het zo belangrijke molybdeen.
Een enorme range van radionucliden wordt bij ons in Petten op routine basis geproduceerd. Daarnaast kunnen we op verzoek 'tailor made' Producten fabriceren.
Contact
Kevin Charlton, NRG Business Development & Sales, Postbus 25, 1755 ZG Petten, Nederland tel: +31 224 564933, fax: +31 224 568490 e-mail: charlton@nrg.eu
Lijst van bij NRG geproduceerde isotopen en hun toepassingen
| Medische toepassing | ||
|---|---|---|
Technetium-99m |
0.25 days |
Diagnostic imaging for a broad range of serious medical conditions including oncology -- all areas, cardiology -- heart function and viability, kidney function, brain function, brain disorders, lung function, infection detection, thyroid function, bone disorders |
| Iodine-131 | 8.04 days | Therapy isotope for thyroid ablation (hyperthyroidism), thyroid cancer therapy, cancer therapy solid and diffuse tumours, e.g. attached to monoclonal antibodies |
| Xenon-133 | 5.25 days | Diagnostic imaging for lung function |
| Strontium-89 | 50.5 days | Therapy isotope for metastatic bone pain relief |
| Iridium-192 | 73.8 days | Therapy isotope for cancer therapy, e.g. cervical cancer,
lung cancer (high dose rate brachytherapy) using remote
loaded sources and head and neck cancer, tongue and
mouth cancer (low dose rate brachytherapy) using
iridioplatinum wires and needles. Preventive therapy isotope for e.g. restenosis prevention in blood vessels using remote loaded sources. |
| Samarium-153 | 1.95 days | Therapy isotope for metastatic bone pain relief (palliative
care) and in development for treatment of bone cancers. Development isotope for new therapies . |
| Rhenium-186 | 3.78 days | Therapy isotope for metastatic bone pain relief. Development isotope for new therapies. |
| Iodine-125 | 60.1 days | Therapy isotope for prostate cancer therapy by seed implantation and for eye cancer therapy by ophthalmic applicator. |
| Yttrium-90 | 2.67 days | Therapy isotope for treatment of arthritic conditions by synovial joint injection and for metastatic bone pain relief (palliative care). |
| Erbium-169 | 9.40 days | Development isotope for new therapies. Therapy isotope for treatment of arthritic conditions by synovial joint injection (smaller joints). |
| Lutetium-177 | 6.71 days | Therapy isotope for cancer therapy of solid tumours by injection of labelled peptides. |
| Holmium-166 | 1.12 days | Therapy isotope for development of liver cancer treatment
by injection of PLA microspheres. Used in clinical trial in Europe of new blood cancer treatment. Development isotope for new therapies. |
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