Europeans face potential Mo-99 supply nightmare; key nuclear reactor closed until February 2009

October 14, 2008 Europeans face potential Mo-99 supply nightmare; key nuclear reactor closed until February 2009 Paula Gould The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) has announced that the High Flux Reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, will remain shut down until Feb. 16, 2009, raising the possibility of another four months of molybdenum-99 shortages for thousands of European nuclear imaging services. Most Mo-99 generated in Europe comes from two nuclear reactors: the HFR and the BR-2 reactor in Mol, Belgium. One of two plants in Europe that processes irradiated targets, the Institut des Radioéléments (IRE) in Fleurus, Belgium, has also been out of action.

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