Canada’s BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced on 30 October that it plans to produce germanium-68 (Ge-68) with a focus on addressing growing global demand for the product.

BWXT’s isotope technologies group has developed proprietary manufacturing technology to produce high purity Ge-68. It is in the process of scaling up its capacity to move into full production in 2020 to address growing global customer demand.

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Source: Nuclear Engineering International