Current Production at PNNL

Specialty Isotopes

• Neptunium-237 (²³⁷Np): Processed to provide a target material for making plutonium-238
• Strontium-90 (⁹⁰Sr): Produced for power sources and medical applications

Radiochemical Separation for Medical Applications

• Lead-212 (²¹²Pb)
• Radium-226 (²²⁶Ra)

Radiochemical Research on Alpha Emitters for Therapeutic Medical Applications

• The novel actinium-225/bismuth-213 anion exchange generator was developed and patented. The first automated, computer-controlled radioisotope generator was developed, tested, and patented in the separation of pure bismuth-213 from its actinium-225 parent.