NIDC News

Featured Isotopes: See what's available this September
The DOE Isotope Program maintains an extensive inventory of radioactive and stable isotopes. Below are a select few that are currently in inventory and ready to dispense to meet your research and commercial needs.
Join us for Fall Stakeholder Meetings!
The Department of Energy Isotope Program (DOE IP) invites you to join us for virtual "one-on-one" stakeholder meetings on Sep. 30, Oct. 1 and Oct. 3, 2024.
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The Department of Energy Office of Science is filling a position for the Isotope R&D and Production Office. The position will function as a program manager for Stable Isotope Operations.

DOE Isotope Program Highlights

Image courtesy of Mike Zach, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This electron microscope image shows spherical bismuth powder. Each particle in the photo is about the diameter of a human hair (approximately 60 micrometers).

Spherical Powders Enable New Applications for Metals

Free-flowing metal powders offer improvements for additive manufacturing, isotope production target fabrication, and more.
Student working in the Texas A&M University lab processing astatine-211. Image courtesy of Texas A&M University.

New Understanding of Astatine’s Chemical Properties Will Aid Targeted Alpha Therapy for Cancer

Recently, scientists at Texas A&M University investigated astatine’s behavior when interacting with ion exchange and extraction chromatography resins.
Illustration by Christopher Orosco, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Illustration of the structure of the radium compound characterized in this research. Single crystal X-ray diffraction provided detailed information on the bonding of radium in an organic molecule for the first time.

A First Look Inside Radium’s Solid-State Chemistry

Researchers used single crystal X-ray diffraction to learn about the structure and bonding of a highly radioactive radium compound.