Production and application of radioisotopes abroad
Keywords:
radioisotope production; stable isotope; people's life; industrial application; cyclotron; half-life; product variety; national economy; seventy years; neutron source;Abstract
The application of radioactive isotopes and radiation is one of the important top domains of the application of atomic energy in the national economy. It has a wide range of applications from the sky to the ground, from national defense to people's lives. The following is the situation of some countries with regard to the production and application of radioisotopes. Among the more than 2,000 isotopes of 106 known elements (the 107th element was announced to be discovered), there are only a few hundred radioactive and stable isotopes that are suitable for application
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2017-06-01
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