Kalpakkam reactor ready with essential material to treat bone cancer
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24/02/2009
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Hindu (Chennai)
Shastry V. Mallady
MADURAI: A essential material required for treating bone cancer has been developed by scientists of the Fast Breeder Test Reactor at Kalpakkam.
Stroncium pellets, which are being imported, have been prepared at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research and will be discharged from the reactor in 15-20 days. The isotopes for bone cancer treatment will be regularly produced at Kalpakkam.
C. P. Reddy, senior scientist, Fast Breeder Test Reactor, who was involved in the process, told The Hindu here on Tuesday that Stroncium was in demand for bone cancer treatment and