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The quiet world of nuclear medicine is about to get a lot quieter -- not for lack of work, but because of a looming shortage of radioisotopes.
Much of nuclear medicine depends on a steady supply of an isotope called molybdenum-99, a byproduct of nuclear fission. The molybdenum is packed into so-called "generators" and, over about a two-week period, each generator delivers a supply of another radioactive substance, technetium-99m.
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