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Dxf Feb 1st 2019 4:38 am
I've just got to ask
 
Hola a todos

I have just read this and HAVE to ask - does this apply to anyone?

Prepare to import ‘relevant’ nuclear materials from the EU after Brexit: licensing requirements

Really ?????

Davexf

scrubbedexpat142 Feb 1st 2019 5:25 am
Re: I've just got to ask
 
Originally Posted by Dxf (Post 12630872)
Hola a todos

I have just read this and HAVE to ask - does this apply to anyone?

Prepare to import ‘relevant’ nuclear materials from the EU after Brexit: licensing requirements

Really ?????

Davexf
It might, if you're involved with or subject to nuclear medicine.

MikeJ Feb 3rd 2019 1:14 am
Re: I've just got to ask
 
Originally Posted by Dxf (Post 12630872)
Hola a todos

I have just read this and HAVE to ask - does this apply to anyone?

Prepare to import ‘relevant’ nuclear materials from the EU after Brexit: licensing requirements

Really ?????

Davexf
If you have a medical examination which involves a scan - eg a PET scan then access to refined nuclear material is absolutely essential both for the scanners and the trace dyes that are injected. . Most medical nuclear material currently comes from Europe - it could take years for the UK to develop facilities.

Dxf Feb 3rd 2019 6:22 am
Re: I've just got to ask
 
Originally Posted by MikeJ (Post 12631595)
If you have a medical examination which involves a scan - eg a PET scan then access to refined nuclear material is absolutely essential both for the scanners and the trace dyes that are injected. . Most medical nuclear material currently comes from Europe - it could take years for the UK to develop facilities.
Hola
At first sight it seemed rather peculiar - like inviting terrorists but your explanation helps - I don't remember it being mentioned in all the pre-Brexit vote seminars LOL

Davexf

Lmj2018 Feb 3rd 2019 6:37 am
Re: I've just got to ask
 
When I had my thyroid removed due to cancer, I had radioactive iodine therapy. This was in the nuclear medicine department of Velindre hospital in Wales. Sounds scary, but it was quite an experience. In isolation for 3 nights.

missile Feb 3rd 2019 6:46 am
Re: I've just got to ask
 
Originally Posted by Lmj2018 (Post 12631762)
…... In isolation for 3 nights.
Bit like when I argue with my wife <LOL>

Fred James Feb 3rd 2019 7:18 am
Re: I've just got to ask
 
The Brexit notice talks about Uranium products. The products that are used in nuclear medicine are quite different. I can see why they need to have rules about those products but the Brexit notice does not seem to apply to them specifically.

MikeJ Feb 3rd 2019 7:22 am
Re: I've just got to ask
 
I do seem to remember a lot of discussions about Euratom at the time. I guess like a lot of things people didn't realise the implications.

MikeJ Feb 3rd 2019 7:38 am
Re: I've just got to ask
 
The main radio isotopes used in radio pharmacology such as TC-99m, cannot be produced effectively be produced without a reactor. Hence Uranium etc
TC-99m is produced by the breakdown of molybdenum in a fission reactor.
Having undergone quite a lot of radio pharmacological treatment I did a bit of research into what they were giving me. Much of the info came from Parliamentary briefing papers.


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