References on Mo-99 – Tc-99m: (Please also peruse all the cross-references cited in the
articles/books below)
1. Fission Molybdenum for Medical Use (1989) IAEA-TECDOC-515, IAEA, Vienna
2. Production technologies for molybdenum-99 and technetium-99m (1999) IAEA-TECDOC1065, IAEA, Vienna.
3. Manual for reactor produced radioisotopes (2003) IAEA-TECDOC-1340, IAEA, Vienna
4.
Special Issue on ‘99mTc Generators, Chemistry and Preparation of Radiopharmaceuticals’
W.C. Eckelman and B.M. Coursey Eds. Int. J. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 33(10) (1982)
5.
Special Issue on ‘Radionuclide Generator Technology’, Radiochimica Acta 41(2/3)
(1987)
6.
Radiopharmaceuticals from generator produced radionuclides, STI/PUB/294, IAEA,
(1971)
7.
Alternate technologies for 99mTc generators, IAEA-TECDOC-852 (1995)
8.
Management of waste from 99Mo production, IAEA-TECDOC-1051(1998)
9.
J.P.Evans, P.W.Moore, M.E.Shying, J.N.Sodeau, in Proceedings of 3rd World Congress
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Book of Synopsis of the Seminar on Radionuclide Generator Technology, IAEA-SR131, IAEA (1986)
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O.P.D. Noronha, in Radiopharmaceuticals and Labelled Compounds, STI/PUB/672,
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F.N. von Hippel, L.H.Kahn, Science and Global Security, 14, 151-162 (2006)
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17. NAS Study Report January 2009; http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12569
18. Reports and results of work done under the IAEA CRP in the web site at:
http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/ST/NE/NEFW/rrg_Mo99.html
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