Isotopes

Bruce Power’s nuclear reactors have a long history of providing almost 30 per cent of Ontario’s clean, safe and reliable energy and the company is harnessing the power of its homegrown Candu technology to produce medical isotopes through its innovative … Read more

As a leader in the production of cancer-fighting medical isotopes, Bruce Power recently completed the largest harvest of cobalt-60 in its history during its Unit 5 planned outage, bolstering the global health-care community’s supply of this key tool in fighting … Read more

Bruce Power and its partners in the production of medical isotopes have committed to building a hot cell facility in Bruce County, expediting their ability to process short-lived lutetium-177 to ensure it reaches cancer patients around the world in a … Read more

Building on the success of its Isotope Production System (IPS) over the past two years, Bruce Power is looking to expand its capabilities to ensure a stable supply of cancer-fighting medical isotopes for the world health-care community. A letter was … Read more

Two years ago, Bruce Power became the first commercial nuclear operator to produce lutetium-177, a cancer-fighting isotope, through an innovative Isotope Production System (IPS) and an international collaboration with Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON), Isogen (a Kinectrics and Framatome company) and … Read more

Bruce Power completed delivery of its latest harvest of cobalt-60 and is increasing its capability to produce the important medical isotope used worldwide in the treatment of cancer, sterilization of medical equipment, and food safety. “Bruce Power continues to be … Read more