NIDC News

Representatives from the DOE Isotope Program (DOE IP) attended the 2nd International Workshop on Medical Radioisotope Supply, held on October 24-25, 2024, in Paris, France. This event, co-organized by the DOE Isotope Program, the Nuclear Energy Agency, and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, brought together governmental decision-makers, industry leaders, healthcare organizations,…

Christopher Landers’ path to the DOE Isotope Program (IP) wasn’t planned. Instead, passion, experience and a drive to make an impact gradually led him there.Landers, who became director of the DOE IP in late August, started his early career in the military as a sergeant in psychological operations focused on East Asia.  While in the military he also earned his certification as a Korean…

The Department of Energy has awarded an $88.8 million contract to Hensel Phelps for the construction of a facility to enrich stable isotopes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Construction of the single-story, 64,000-square-foot U.S. Stable Isotope Production and Research Center (SIPRC), funded by DOE’s Isotope Program (IP), is expected to take two years and be completed…

 The National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) is actively seeking a Legacy Isotope Product Manager to join our team. This senior-level staff member will be responsible for technical support to NIDC staff in the areas of isotope production, processing, and distribution; management of the Legacy Isotope & Heavy Element product line; and regular interfacing with customers who…

Meet with the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program (DOE IP) and the National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) at the 37th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. The DOE IP is excited to have a booth at this industry-leading event again this year. This year's Annual Congress takes place October 19-23, 2024, in Hamburg, Germany. If you plan to attend the…

The DOE Isotope Program (DOE IP) is proud to co-organize the upcoming 2nd International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply alongside the Nuclear Energy Agency and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. The workshop will be held in Paris, France, on October 24-25, 2024. At this important event, governmental decision makers, private sector representatives, health organizations…

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. These meetings offer an excellent opportunity for companies and institutions to discuss isotope supply and demand issues firsthand with the federal DOE IP Director and Program Managers and the National Isotope Development Center…

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) is filling a position for the Isotope R&D and Production Office. The position will function as a program manager for Stable Isotope Operations. The position is located in Germantown, Maryland and is open to all U.S. Citizens.Duties include: Manage and coordinate the operations of stable isotope enrichment capabilities at laboratories…

The DOE Isotope Program recently hosted a virtual roundtable with invited speakers from the international community to discuss best practices and the safe handling of radium-226 (Ra-226). Its physical properties present unique and challenging handling requirements, particularly its decay daughter radon-222. Candid discussions among this panel of national and international speakers addressed best…

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel (UNF) into less radioactive substances.  A commercially-viable transmutation facility could potentially recover minor actinides and intermediate-lived/long-lived fission products from UNF that could in turn become…