Currently Tc-99m is used to diagnose a number of human illnesses, first and foremost, oncological and cardiovascular. Molybdenum-99 is used for the production of Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) generators, this being the main diagnostic radionuclide in modern nuclear medicine, and is supplied not only to Russian customers but also to foreign markets. Within the confines of RosatomвЂ™s activities around the development of nuclear medicine nationwide, Rosatom set up production of the isotope Molybdenum-99 in the State Scientific Centre - the Scientific Research Institute for Nuclear Reactors (known as NIIAR) (in Dimitrovgrad, in the Ulyanovsk region). Today over 50 % of radioactive isotopes produced in the world are used for medical purposes.

It is proposed that a federal network of medical centres be established in Russia, where the most modern and accurate diagnostics of serious conditions will be conducted by using a combined positron-emission, and computed tomography technique. In cooperation with the Russian Federal Biomedical Agency and leading producers, Rosatom is developing a medical production complex, from the production of isotopes to effective medical treatment with the use of domestic equipment. One of the activities of the state corporation Rosatom is the development of nuclear medicine (medical diagnostics and radiation therapy, used for the treatment of oncological diseases).

Nuclear medicine gif machine