State should construct isotope medical reactor
Referring to your article from May 18, “Canada won’t develop medical isotope reactors,” I would like to opine that this is a great opportunity for North Carolina.
Per your article, the 50-year-old reactor in Canada will not be upgraded. This site produces half of the planet’s medical radioisotopes. This represents a dangerous reliance on a single source, but also an excellent high-tech opportunity for North Carolina science and industry.
The Canada site will have many problems like the ones experienced in January with supplying the demand for medical radioisotopes used for diagnostic imaging and therapy here and elsewhere.
North Carolina should build a reactor to meet that present and future need.
Joe Saldarini
Greensboro
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We've got nuts here still arguing against evolution--don't even think of explaining isotopes to them!
Posted on May 23, 2008 4:10 PM