Nuclear Reactors 542 - Dangers Of Shortage Of Molybdenum-99 For Medical Imaging

       I have blogged before about critical radioactive isotopes used in medical diagnosis and procedures. One of the most important is molybdenum-99. It decays to technetium-99 which has a short halflife and other isotopes. Technetium-99 is injected into patients as a radiotracer for medical imaging of tumors.

Nuclear Weapons 336 - The New Nuclear Posture Review Says That The U.S. Might Use Nuclear Weapons In Retaliation For Cyberattacks

        Recently I posted about the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review. This review is held every eight years to reexamine the U.S. policy with respect to the use of nuclear weapons. There is a draft of the NPR for 2018 but it has not been approved yet by the President. The current discussion of the U.S. nuclear policy is based on the draft.

Nuclear Reactors 541 - Robbers Attack Workers Condos Near Brazilian Nuclear Power Plant

                Brazil is one of only two countries in South American that has nuclear power generating electricity. The other country is Argentina. During the 1970s and 1980s when they were governed by a military junta, Brazil had a secret nuclear weapons program. The rule of the junta ended in 1985 and in 1990, Brazil officially ended their nuclear weapons program.

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