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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by hwillis on Sunday June 22, 2025 @12:12AM (#44343533)
There are dozens of elements and isotopes used in radiopharmacology. Highly enriched uranium is absolutely one of them -hence why energy.gov is posting about it- and it's significantly cheaper than using a particle accelerator to create radioactive isotopes.
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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by yyyk on Sunday June 22, 2025 @01:27AM (#44343964)
HEU is not directly used in radiopharmacology for obvious reasons, the energy.gov posting is about a non-fissile isotope of Uranium and not HEU.

It's much cheaper to use a cyclotron than get massively sanctioned - unless you what you really want is a weapon.

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