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Medical Isotopes / Bill Gates-Backed Company Producing Actinium-225 From US Legacy Nuclear Material

By David Dalton
2 October 2024

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Bill Gates-Backed Company Producing Actinium-225 From US Legacy Nuclear Material
TerraPower Isotopes is a subsidiary of the Bill Gates-founded nuclear reactor company TerraPower.
US company TerraPower Isotopes announced it is producing actinium-225 (Ac-225) at commercial scale by harvesting the isotope from thorium-229 decay, which is derived from legacy US nuclear material.

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