Beneficial Uses and Production of Isotopes
Subtitle: 2000 Update
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Nuclear Energy Agency
Contributors: Nuclear Energy Agency
Series: Nuclear development; Nuclear Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9789264189010
Subjects: Nuclear energy
Description: Isotopes, radioactive and stable, are used worldwide in various applications related to medical diagnosis or care, industry and scientific research. More than fifty countries have isotope production or separation facilities operated for domestic supply, and sometimes for international markets. This publication provides up-to-date information on the current status of, and trends in, isotope uses and production. It also presents key issues, conclusions and recommendations, which will be of interest to policy makers in governmental bodies, scientists and industrial actors in the field.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Executive Summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Isotope Uses; title: Medical Applications; title: Industrial Applications; title: Scientific/Research Applications; title: Stable Isotopes; title: 3. Isotope Production; title: Reactors; title: Accelerators; title: Radioactive Isotope Separation; title: Stable Isotope Production; title: 4. Trends in Isotope Uses and Production; title: 5. Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations