Isotopes

An international collaboration between Bruce Power, Isogen (a Kinectrics and Framatome company) and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE (ITM), announced today the commencement of commercial production of lutetium-177.    The announcement was celebrated at ITM’s headquarters in Munich, Germany, along … Read more

Bruce Power announced today that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Boston Scientific to explore the feasibility of producing cancer-fighting yttrium-90 (Y-90) in its reactors. The company, already a leading producer of cobalt-60, which is used … Read more

Bruce Power has successfully completed another harvest of life-saving Cobalt-60, continuing as a world leader in the production of this critical medical isotope.  “Bruce Power continues to be a major supplier of Cobalt-60, and now more than ever the world’s … Read more

Building on the success of the new Isotope Production System (IPS) installed in the Unit 7 reactor, Bruce Power and Isogen (a partnership between Kinectrics and Framatome), are examining the feasibility of producing yttrium-90, used as a targeted liver cancer … Read more

First-of-a-kind Isotope Production System continues to progress towards commercial, industrial-scale production of medical isotopes for cancer therapeutics An international collaboration between Bruce Power, Isogen (a Kinectrics and Framatome company), and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE (ITM), announced today a milestone … Read more

Bruce Power’s vision to use the power of nuclear energy to aid in the fight against cancer advanced today with the formation of the Ontario Isotope Innovation Hub. This includes the unveiling of Kinectrics Center for Medical Isotopes and Nuclear … Read more

Bruce Power and Isogen (a partnership between Kinectrics and Framatome) have completed the installation of a groundbreaking Isotope Production System (IPS), making Unit 7 the first power reactor in the world with installed capability to produce Lutetium-177 (Lu-177). Lu-177 is … Read more

Bruce Power has completed another harvest of Cobalt-60, a vital resource in supporting the global fight against the omicron variant by sterilizing billions of pieces of medical equipment used by frontline health care workers. “I would like to thank Bruce … Read more

Bruce Power has received approval from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to take the next step forward for new isotope production becoming the first power reactor globally to commercially produce Lutetium-177, an innovative therapeutic isotope used in the treatment … Read more

Bruce Power has launched a new merchandise website that celebrates the life-saving medical isotopes produced in its reactors, which are used to sterilize medical equipment and treat complex forms of cancer. The timing for the website launch coincides with Childhood … Read more