medical isotope

collocation in English

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medical
adjective
uk
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/
related to the treatment of illness ...
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isotope
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaɪ.sə.təʊp/us
/ˈaɪ.sə.toʊp/
a form of an atom that has a different atomic weight from other forms of the same atom but the same ...
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(Definition ofmedicalandisotopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This would enable themedicalisotopeindustry to manufacture this crucial isotope by a sub-critical process.
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The design that resulted involved a facility with two identical reactors, each capable of supplying 100% of the world'smedicalisotopedemand.
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I understand that since then industrial or medical isotopes have been lost on six occasions.
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The centre possesses a research reactor which was designed for the production of medical isotopes.
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The shipments range from nuclear waste to medical isotopes and sometimes go to ferries for export, to airports or to hospitals.
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Dounreay provides important technology for medical isotopes, which are an important constituent in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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Other uses included production of useful medical isotopes.
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The company supplies sterilization technologies and medical isotopes to customers in more than 40 countries around the world.
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For instance, the processing of medical isotopes, having been irradiated in a nuclear reactor or particle accelerator, would be carried out in a hot cell.
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The headquarters are the main manufacturing facilities for medical isotopes, used in medical imaging and radiopharmaceuticals, and for cobalt-60 sources and industrial food irradiators.
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This cancellation was one of the factors leading to a shortage of medical isotopes in 2007 and 2009.
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