Both radioisotopes and enriched stable isotopes are essential to a wide variety of applications in medicine, where they are used in the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses. This report focuses ...
A new study has uncovered how tiny differences in boron atoms can help scientists better predict the long-term behavior of glass used to store hazardous waste. The findings, published in Environmental ...
After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists explored an unusual way of dealing with radioactive contamination by using plants to absorb radionuclides from the environment. Sunflowers emerged ...
Every day, more than 40,000 Americans receive a diagnostic scan powered by technetium-99m — a medical radioisotope used to image the heart, detect cancer, and assess kidney function. Every milligram ...
More than four decades of support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have helped Viet Nam build expertise ...
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...