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 theNation'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.