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Isotope Product Catalog

With 225+ isotopes available for purchase, the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program is the world leader in quality, purity, and availability of the most sought after and rare isotopes.

NIDC Product Catalog

New Isotopes Courtesy of the University of Alabama at Birmingham!

Cobalt-55, manganese-52, and vanadium-48 offer promise as PET imaging isotopes and are available and ready to quote.

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New Isotopes Courtesy of the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Thorium-228 in Routine Production

The DOE Isotope Program (DOE IP) is pleased to announce thorium-228 is in routine production and available for purchase.

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Thorium-228 in routine production

Translating Research to Applications

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the production of isotopes across the Department's facilities that are critical to everyday applications, particularly in the medical arena.

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Medical Isotopes

With more than 35 medically relevant isotopes available and others under investigation, the NIDC is committed to supplying the world with the highest quality isotopes for medical use.

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Technical Resources

Need a custom service for your order? We offer a wide variety of special services to complement our radioactive and stable isotope offerings.

Technical Resources

Technical Resources

Our mission is to support the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program as the global leader in the production and distribution of radioactive and enriched stable isotopes that are deemed critical or are in short supply.

NIDC News

DOE IP working to mitigate isotope supply disruption

DOE Isotope Program working to mitigate isotope supply disruption

With current world events in play, the DOE IP has been carefully monitoring global radio and stable isotope supply chains and have put mitigation plans in place.

Introduction to US Department of Energy Isotope Program and Opportunities

Introduction to US Department of Energy Isotope Program and Opportunities

The DOE IP is pleased to invite US Minority Serving Institutions to a virtual townhall discussion to discuss planned funding opportunities

Join us for virtual stakeholder meetings

Join Us for Virtual Stakeholder Meetings!

The DOE Isotope Program invites you to schedule a virtual "one-on-one" stakeholder meeting. Meetings will take place May 17–19, 2022.

DOE Isotope Program Highlights

Image courtesy of Texas A&M University The medical radioisotope astatine is separated from bismuth then loaded into a resin column. Once dry, the column is packed for shipping so the astatine can be sent for use at a cancer treatment center.

Cancer Countermeasures on a Column

April 5, 2022

University researchers produce a novel method of shipping the promising medical isotope astatine-211

Image courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Army Research Laboratory. Direct deposition of a radioisotope source onto a converter. This can improve conversion of the radioisotope source’s beta decay emissions to electricity by using two converters instead of one. The result is greater power density for the power source.

New Approach to Radioisotope Power Sources for Improved Efficiency, Long Life

December 14, 2021

NextGen power sources may satisfy the need for long-term, compact power for use in remote or extreme environments.

Image courtesy of Carlos Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Researcher Sandra Davern looks at non-radioactive metal ions enclosed in biodegradable polymers in her lab at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her work is paving the way for enclosing isotopes in the same polymers for targeted treatment of cancer cells.

Enclosing Radiation-Loaded Particles to Better Seek and Destroy Cancer

August 13, 2021

Promising study details how radioactive agents could be sent directly to cancer cells.

Image courtesy of Jon Burns, Texas A&M University At-211 – ketone interaction within the chromatography column.

New Elegant Method for Rapid Recovery of Anti-Cancer Agent At-211

April 30, 2021

A high-speed, high-yield recovery approach for At-211 means improved availability of this cancer-treating isotope.

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