UC Davis Crocker Nuclear Laboratory to Produce Rare Medical Isotope (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

UC Davis Crocker Nuclear Laboratory to Produce Rare Medical Isotope

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Cyclotron operator Randy Kemmler in the control room of the Crocker Nuclear Laboratory. UC Davis' cyclotron will be used to produce the rare isotope astatine-211 for medical use under a Department of Energy grant. The UC Davis cyclotron, which began operating in 1966, was built using parts from the Berkeley machine used to discover astatine in 1940.

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