Time: 12:00PM–1:30PM

Medical isotopes have become a top news item recently with the loss of Canada's production. Stable and radioactive isotopes are used in many aspects of our lives and yet are generally unknown until a crisis arises in the supply. Isotopes form a billion dollar industry, used in nuclear medicine, in national security, in oil exploration, by the military, in powering satellites, in environmental studies, and in biological studies. What are isotopes, where are they produced, is there a shortage of key isotopes, are they harmful, is the inventory getting low, should we be concerned, and can we still just ignore the whole matter?

What are isotopes? Where are they produced? Is there a shortage of key isotopes? Are they harmful in any way? Is the inventory getting low, should we be concerned, and can we just ignore the whole matter?

This talk will deal with some of these issues including production, supply, uses, and what is planned for the future.