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The US Department of Energy’s Radiological & Environmental Science Laboratory (RESL) has produced the world’s first lung phantom that contains the entire thorium-232 decay series. The lung phantom will be used to calibrate and test radiation detection systems used by DOE and other federal government agencies.

Date: Thursday, 13 July 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdoe-lab-produces-worlds-first-of-a-kind-lung-phantom-11000634

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) said  a new radioactive variation of the element scandium, scandium-47, had been produced in the OPAL reactor.

Date: Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsansto-develops-produces-scandium-47-for-the-first-time-7833921

A new radioactive version of the element scandium has been produced in Australia's OPAL reactor for the first time. Scandium-47 has the potential for theranostic use, that is, both as a therapeutic drug and a diagnostic agent, and has similar properties to lutetium-177, which is already being used in clinical trials.

Date: Friday, 20 March 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Australia-produces-first-batch-of-medical-isotope

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