Congress intervenes to force continued nuclear medicine funding at DOE

March 27, 2009 Diagnostic Imaging. Congress intervenes to force continued nuclear medicine funding at DOE By James Brice Nuclear medicine advocates enlisting the help of Congress have forced the Department of Energy to continue to fund basic research for radioisotope and imaging instruments design, despite DOE plans to use its scientists to develop nuclear imaging tools for biological and environmental applications. At the urging of SNM, Congress included language in the fiscal 2009 appropriations act, approved March 11, that specifically instructs DOE to spend $17.5 million on nuclear medicine applications research. Congressional intervention in fiscal 2008 with another $17.5 appropriation required DOE to revive its funding of basic nuclear research at its national laboratories. That action also came after intense SNM lobbying.

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