Westinghouse Advances Key Radioisotope Technology to Fight Cancer
June 23, 2023
June 23, 2023
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, June 23 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release:
Westinghouse has developed and successfully demonstrated a novel approach to produce Actinium-225 (Ac-225) radioisotopes in commercial nuclear reactors. This breakthrough will enable large-scale production of Ac-225 for the first time globally to use in advanced cancer treatments.
Ac-225 cancer drugs are used in critical situations when other treatments prove ineffectiv . . .
Westinghouse has developed and successfully demonstrated a novel approach to produce Actinium-225 (Ac-225) radioisotopes in commercial nuclear reactors. This breakthrough will enable large-scale production of Ac-225 for the first time globally to use in advanced cancer treatments.
Ac-225 cancer drugs are used in critical situations when other treatments prove ineffectiv . . .