A small Texas reactor reached criticality in under a year, aiming to produce medical isotopes that US hospitals now import
- Every milligram of the molybdenum-99 that produces it currently arrives in the United States from aging foreign reactors, since the country has no domestic supply of its own.
- On the evening of August 5, 2026, that changed in a small way.
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- Every milligram of the molybdenum-99 that produces it currently arrives in the United States from aging foreign reactors, since the country has no domestic supply of its own.
- On the evening of August 5, 2026, that changed in a small way.
Sources: Times of India