LFTR vs Cancer - medical isotopes molybdenum-99 & bismuth-213

Sign the petition! http://ThoriumPetition.com - We are about to shut down the one reactor in Canada that is making molybdenum-99 for medical purposes in 2015. There are hundreds of thousands of patients that will not be able to get their molybdenum-99 that they need for diagnostic procedures when that happens. LFTR produces molybdenum-99 in normal course of operation and can be partitioned very easily.

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[enthalpy]

I think LFTR is a great technology (I am a nuclear engineer btw). We do have a US plant (Clinton) which will be producing about 1/2 of the U.S.'s supply moly-99 in about 2 years from now. I think its only 1 of 2 US nuclear plants which its actually viable to do this on (due to the GE Mark-3 Containment).

At the least it will be a hold-over until LFTR and other advanced reactor technologies reach fruition.

[Dick Douglas]

Be careful with cancer cures. They tend to be considered "COMPLETELY VERBOTEN" amongst the chemo/radiation industry. Just ask Rick Simpson or Ernest T. Krebs.

[ThyrmBloodaxe]

this is absolutely fascinating. i am torn between biological sciences (as in, all of them) and chemistry/nuclear chemistry/nuclear physics/nuclear engineering. but it appears they converge at points.