Dutch HFR Reactor to Achieve Full Power by 9/9/10: The HFR reactor in Petten, Netherlands is being restarted from a February, 2010 shutdown. Full power is expected by September 9, 2010. 08/27/10

Chalk River Returns to Normal Operations - Beginning 8/17/10 the repaired reactor resumed it's normal 28 day operating cycle to produce medical isotopes. 8/18/10

Chalk River to Restart Soon - AECL has announced that the Chalk River reactor must only complete low power testing and will be back in service as soon as mid- August. 08/13/10

Chalk River Restart Delayed 10-15 Days - Due to the malfunction of three (3) detectors, the anticipated restart of the reactor has been delayed from 7/31/10 for 10 to 15 days. 07/30/10

SrI(Eu) Crystal Detectors Developed for Radiation Detection - Lawrence Livermore researchers have developed a new radiation detector for gamma radiation from SrI(Eu). 07/20/10

CT Dose Reductions of 95% Reported via New Image Processing Algorithm - At the recent AAPM national meeting, Mayo Clinic researchers reported large dose reductions. 07/20/10

Cardiac CT Effective Dose/DLP Calculated - Cardiac CT effective does / DLP ratios were noted to be 70% higher than chest CT due to radiosensitivities differences. 6/29/10

 

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