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Film about the production of Mo-99 at the FRM II

Aktuell | 29.09.2017

Worldwide, more than 30 million medical examinations are conducted annually with the radioactive substance technetium-99m. The mother isotope molybdenum-99 can only be produced in research neutron sources. A new film shows the status of the upgrading at the FRM II towards the production of molybdenum-99.

The film shows a testing of a mock-up facility under water.

 

Germany is Europe's biggest consumer. For manufacturing technetium-99m, molybdenum-99 is required at first. However, this can be produced internationally in only a few research reactors, and this has caused shortages for many years.

That is why the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz of the Technical University of Munich is currently being upgraded to supply half of the European need of this important diagnostic tool for cardiac and thyroid function or cancer. The English film presents the state of the project and the technical challenges, the manufacturing process of Technetium-99m and its application in medicine.

 

More information about the planned Mo-99 production facility can be found on our webpages.


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