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Published online 15 July 2009 | Nature 460, 312-313 (2009) | doi:10.1038/460312a
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Medical isotope shortage reaches crisis level
Robust solutions sought urgently to shore up fragile supply chain.
The worldwide shortage of medical isotopes is about to get much worse this week, as the High Flux Reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, closes for a month-long maintenance inspection.
It joins the National Research Universal reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, Canada, which has been closed since 15 May because of a heavy-water leak and is unlikely to restart before late 2009, according to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, the government-sponsored body that runs the facility.
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