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
December 14, 2021
In experiment after experiment, the synthetic radioisotope actinium-225 has shown promise for targeting and attacking certain types of cancer cells.
Although researchers have studied this radioisotope’s cancer-fighting potential for more than two decades, there’s not a Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment using Ac-225 — yet. But with more Ac-225 available from the DOE Isotope…
December 1, 2021
The latest issue of the NIDC Newsletter is now available on our website. Read about the latest developments in the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program's production, events, facility updates, staff news, and other program activities. Highlights for this issue include:
Idaho National Laboratory's RAD EMIS
2021 Isotope User Group meetings
The Ac-225 Drug Master File and more!
November 2, 2021
The DOE Isotope Program is excited to announce the addition of three new isotopes to our product catalog!Cobalt-55, manganese-52, and vanadium-48 offer promise as PET imaging isotopes and are available and ready to quote, thanks to a new partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Cyclotron Facility. The UAB cyclotron facility is the third university to join the University…
October 28, 2021
Join the Office of Science on November 9, 2021, from 1–6 PM ET for this highly interactive event to learn more about the U.S. Department of Energy Community College Internships and Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships programs. These stipend-based 10-week programs provide technical training and research opportunities at the national laboratories and facilities. Register now…
October 27, 2021
The Office of Science is pleased to announce that applications are currently being accepted for the Summer 2022 term for three programs offered by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science: the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program, the Community College Internships (CCI) program, and the Visiting Faculty Program (VFP).
SULI and CCI offer undergraduates…
October 26, 2021
In August, the DOE Isotope Program and the NIDC hosted four isotope user group meetings focusing on emerging isotopes: actinium-225, astatine-211, lead-212, and copper-67. If you were unable to attend, don't worry, you can now watch the recordings and view the presentations from each meeting.
View the UGM recordings and presentations
October 20, 2021
This week marks the start of the 34th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). The DOE Isotope Program is excited to have a virtual booth at this industry-leading event again this year.
This year's Annual Congress takes place October 20—23, 2021, and we are excited to connect with our European colleagues. If you plan to…
September 27, 2021
The Department of Energy (DOE) is pleased to announce that its Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2021 Solicitation 2.
The SCGSR program supports supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE national laboratory in collaboration with a DOE laboratory…
September 24, 2021
The DOE IP invites you to join us for virtual "one-on-one" stakeholder meetings November 2–4, 2021.
These meetings offer an excellent opportunity for companies and institutions to discuss isotope supply and demand issues firsthand with the federal DOE IP director, federal DOE program managers, and the NIDC staff from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We are looking forward to these…
September 17, 2021
As a medical isotope, thorium-228 has a lot of potential – and Oak Ridge National Laboratory produces a lot.
That’s one reason ORNL researchers are especially excited about studies looking at different medical applications for the radioisotope. ORNL produces large quantities of Th-228 for the Department of Energy’s Isotope Program as a byproduct of actinium-227 production.
Both…
