China eyes expansion of radioisotope industry
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/china-eyes-expansion-of-radioisotope-industry
China has set a target for its nuclear technology application industry to generate annual direct economic output value of CNY400 billion (USD55.7 billion) by 2026.
China is "focusing on the application of nuclear technology in key directions or fields such as medical diagnosis and treatment, agricultural breeding, food processing, material modification, security inspection and security, we will break through a number of key technologies, build a number of innovation platforms, and cultivate a number of specialised and new enterprises.
The plan calls for the supply capacity of key isotopes to be "significantly" increased, with the construction of new reactors and the "optimisation and transformation" of in-service reactors. It says that China should "have the ability to independently supply more than three types of radioactive isotopes, develop more than five types of radioactive isotope production technologies, and basically reverse the situation where the supply of key isotope products is controlled by others".
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