NIDC News

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…

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 Accelerator Isotope Facilities. The position is located in Germantown, Maryland and is open to all U.S. Citizens.Duties include:Manage and coordinate the operations of isotope production accelerator facilities at…

Cathy Sue Cutler, PhD, FSNMMI, Chair of the Isotope Research and Production Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), has been appointed as the president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). This announcement came during SNMMI's 2024 Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, where a new slate of officers was introduced.In her role as president, Cutler aims to…

Since 2014, the Department of Energy Isotope Program (DOE IP) has sponsored research efforts to provide accelerator-produced actinium-225 (Ac-225) for radiotherapy. While the DOE IP has been ramping up production, available hot cell space to process Ac-225 has been a limiting factor.As part of an $8.5 million refurbishment project, an obsolete hot cell facility and labs were retrofitted to create…

Will you be attending the 2024 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, later this week? If so, the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program (DOE IP) and the National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) team look forward to connecting with you.In addition to our DOE IP booth in the exhibit hall (#625), we’ll be participating in a number of technical sessions throughout the conference. This…

The U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program (DOE IP) recently concluded its 2024 Strategic Planning Meeting earlier this month, in Rockville, Maryland. The event, held in a hybrid format with substantial in-person participation, spotlighted the recent technical achievements and ongoing initiatives within the DOE IP community, all aimed at serving the isotope end users.The Strategic Planning…

The U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program (DOE IP) recently concluded its 2024 Strategic Planning Meeting earlier this month, in Rockville, Maryland. The event, held in a hybrid format with substantial in-person participation, spotlighted the recent technical achievements and ongoing initiatives within the DOE IP community, all aimed at serving the isotope end users.The Strategic Planning…

Selections Span Research Areas of Advanced Isotope Enrichment, Novel Accelerator Design and Targetry, and Radiochemistry and SeparationsToday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $6 million in funding for 12 awards across eight efforts to advance research in isotope enrichment, targetry, and separations. This funding is part of a key federal program that produces critical…