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Brendon Nafziger, DOTmed News Associate Editor | January 28, 2010
GE has a long history of working in nuclear technology. In 1959, the GE Test Reactor at Vallecitors Nuclear Center in Sunol, Calif. came online. It was the world's first commercially licensed test reactor, according to the company.
"Production of Mo-99/Tc-99m is a natural extension of what we have been doing for many decades," notes Glascock.

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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to Deliver Life-Saving Medical Isotope Molybdenum-99
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Medical Isotope Supply Gets Another Squeeze as Dutch Reactor Goes Down for Repairs
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/11039
Senate Holds Hearing on LEU Isotope Production
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10988
Expert Panel Outlines Canada's Options to Reverse Medical Isotope Shortage
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10966
Medical Isotope Bill Passes House, Moves to Senate
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10688
The Netherlands Begins Work on New Medical Isotope Reactor
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10580
Nuclear Medicine Update: "Moly" Bill Passes House Committee and EANM Annual Congress a Big Splash
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10572
House Subcommittee Passes American Medical Isotopes Production Act
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10495
House Hearing on Medical Isotope Legislation Focuses on Molybdenum-99 Crisis
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10258
Worldwide Isotope Shortage Continues to Pose Significant Challenges
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10148
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