Platts reports that all three Europe's isotope production reactors are down. The BR2 reactor at Mol in Belgium and France's Osiris are down for scheduled maintenance and inspection, the High Flux Reactor at Petten in the Netherlands is down because of a safety issue. The production facility operated by Institut des Radioelements, or IRE, is also down because of a safety issue.
Europe's isotope production reactors are down
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The High Flux Reactor (HFR) at Petten in the Netherlands restarted ahead of schedule to help alleviate the shortage of the Technetium-99m used in medicine. The reactor was shut down in August 2008 due to a safety problem.... Read More
The High Flux Reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, which is one of the the largest producers of molybdenum-99, was shut down for repairs on February 19, 2010. The problems with primary contour piping first forced a shutdown of the reactor in... Read More
