Isotopes for medicine and the life sciences / Committee on Biomedical Isotopes, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine ; S. James Adelstein and Frederick J. Manning, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adelstein, S. J.

Manning, Frederick J.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Biomedical Isotopes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radioisotopes in medical diagnosis--United States.

Radioisotopes in medical diagnosis.

Radioisotopes--Therapeutic use--United States.

Radioisotopes.

Life sciences--Research--United States.

Life sciences.

Radioisotopes in research--United States.

Radioisotopes in research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 132 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Radioactive isotopes and enriched stable isotopes are used widely in medicine, agriculture, industry, and science, where their application allows us to perform many tasks more accurately, more simply, less expensively, and more quickly than would otherwise be possible. Indeed, in many cases--for example, biological tracers--there is no alternative. In a stellar example of "technology transfer" that began before the term was popular, the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors has supported the development and application of isotopes and their transfer to the private sector. The DOE is now at an important crossroads: Isotope production has suffered as support for DOE's laboratories has declined. In response to a DOE request, this book is an intensive examination of isotope production and availability, including the education and training of those who will be needed to sustain the flow of radioactive and stable materials from their sources to the laboratories and medical care facilities in which they are used. Chapters include an examination of enriched stable isotopes; reactor and accelerator-produced radionuclides; partnerships among industries, national laboratories, and universities; and national isotope policy.

Contents:

""Isotopes for Medicine and the Life Sciences""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""ENRICHED STABLE ISOTOPES""; ""REACTOR-PRODUCED RADIONUCLIDES""; ""ACCELERATOR-PRODUCED RADIONUCLIDES""; ""PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODELS FOR NBTF""; ""A NATIONAL ISOTOPE POLICY""; ""1 Introduction""; ""CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE""; ""PLAN OF THE REPORT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Enriched Stable Isotopes""; ""HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE""; ""CURRENT APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE AND PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES""; ""ISOTOPE SEPARATION IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""FUTURE SUPPLIES""

""NEW AND ALTERNATIVE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Reactor-Produced Radionuclides""; ""HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE""; ""CURRENT APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE AND PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES""; ""SUPPLIES AND SUPPLIERS""; ""Molybdenum-99""; ""Current Sources""; ""Future Sources""; ""Research and Development on Alternative Sources""; ""Other Commercial Radionuclides""; ""Research Radionuclides""; ""Market Analyses""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Accelerator-Produced Radionuclides and a National BiomedicalTracer Facility""

""HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE""""CURRENT APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE AND PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES""; ""SUPPLIES AND SUPPLIERS""; ""Commercially Available Radioisotopes""; ""Short-Lived Radioisotopes for PET""; ""Radionuclides Currently Produced at DOE Facilities""; ""BLIP""; ""LAMPF""; ""TRIUMF""; ""Future Production""; ""Proposed NBTF""; ""Upgraded BLIP""; ""In-House Research and Education at the NBTF""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Public-Private Partnership Models for NBTF""; ""THE DOE ISOTOPE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM""; ""CANADA'S TRIUMF""

""NORDION AND ISOTOPES""""UNIVERSITIES AND NATIONAL LABORATORIES IN RESEARCH""; ""DOE LABORATORY AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMERCIAL VENTURES""; ""Radiation Therapy at Brookhaven""; ""Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF)""; ""Technology Transfer and Cooperative Agreements""; ""POSSIBLE MODEL FOR NBTF""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 A National Isotope Policy: Proposal for a New Way to Manage the Nation's Isotope Resources""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A Waste Management""

""NATURE AND SOURCES OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE (LLRW)""""RISK FROM LLRW""; ""DISPOSAL SITES""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR ISOTOPE PRODUCTION AND USE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX B Legal Considerations""; ""THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954""; ""PUBLIC LAW 101-101""; ""THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACT OF 1986""; ""ANTI-TRUST CONSIDERATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX C Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""APPENDIX D Table of Elements""; ""APPENDIX E Glossary""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610193219

9780309176699

0309176697

9781280193217

1280193212

9780309587648

0309587646

9780585023922

0585023921

OCLC:

923260981