NIDC News
Our NIDC News reports the latest developments in U.S. Department of Energy’s isotope production efforts, university partnerships, facility improvements, staff news, and other notable center activities as they occur. Stay Connected
May 21, 2024
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…
May 20, 2024
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…
May 14, 2024
Join the Department of Energy Isotope Program on May 30, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Eastern) for the Virtual Roundtable on Best Practices and Safe Handling of Ra-226.As interest in targeted alpha therapy grows, so has the demand for Ra-226 feedstock to produce these important alpha-emitters such as Ac-225, Ac-227/Th-227/Ra-223, Th-228/Ra-224/Pb-212, and Th-229. The…
May 1, 2024
As the global supply of strontium-89 (Sr-89) is decreasing, the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program (DOE IP) is stepping up to help fill market demand. Historically, Sr-89 has been used to alleviate pain for patients suffering metastatic bone cancer. The radioisotope’s natural tendency to localize and accumulate in the bone where it can release cancer-fighting beta emissions led to its FDA-…
April 25, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program (DOE IP) is ending the active stand-by capability for strontium-82 (Sr-82). The commercialization of the Sr-82 supply chain is a success story for both industry and the DOE IP as an example of nurturing new isotopes within the community until the market becomes economically viable for industry.In the early 2000s, the DOE IP introduced a consistent…
April 4, 2024
The Actinium-225 Tri-Lab Research Team, established by the DOE Isotope Program, was honored with Secretary’s Honor Achievement Awards from the Department of Energy. This is the DOE's highest form of employee recognition. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Deputy Secretary David Turk, and Under Secretary Geri Richmond presented the award to the Actinium-225 Tri-Lab Research Team in a…
April 4, 2024
The DOE IP invites you to join us for virtual "one-on-one" stakeholder meetings on May 28, and May 29, 2024. Plus, for those planning to attend the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada, we are pleased to announce one day of in-person stakeholder meetings on June 10, 2024.These meetings offer an excellent opportunity for companies and…
March 28, 2024
The DOE Isotope Program (DOE IP) is participating in the recently announced DOE Office of Science (SC) Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) initiative. The RENEW initiative supports traineeships for students and postdoctoral researchers from non-R1 emerging research institutions (ERI) and non-R1 minority serving institutions (MSI) in areas relevant to SC programs. An R1…
March 26, 2024
Dear Colleagues in the Isotope Program community,I have made the very difficult and bittersweet decision to retire from federal service in the first half of 2025. Consequently, I have offered to step aside from my role as Director and take on the position of Senior Advisor (and Acting Director) in the DOE Isotope Program so that the Office of Science can advertise for my replacement. This will…
March 15, 2024
U.S. DOE Announces Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) initiative for FY 2024The DOE Isotope Program (DOE IP) is participating in the recently announced DOE Office of Science Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) initiative. Isotope researchers from historically underrepresented areas in the SC portfolio, specifically non-R1 emerging research institutions (ERIs)…
