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EllieBelly_24 t1_j72uz09 wrote

Reply to comment by Gwaiian in A medical isotope made from nuclear weapons waste (Tc-99m) has a six-hour half-life. How do hospitals keep it in stock? by Gwaiian

Tom Scott has a video talking about something similar. Iirc, he visits the lab that produces radioisotopes for a hospital, mostly focusing on the tube they use to send it down the street super fast.

I don't have a link though :(

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carollois t1_j7jojd8 wrote

I believe that is at UBC. There is a lab that makes the medical isotopes and sends it to the hospital through pneumatic tubes under the ground. Very cool.

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