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UK To Produce Cutting Edge Cancer Treatments Using Reprocessed Uranium From Spent Nuclear Fuel

By David Dalton
16 December 2025

Landmark agreement announced with Cambridge biotech firm founded by Nobel Prize winner

UK To Produce Cutting Edge Cancer Treatments Using Reprocessed Uranium From Spent Nuclear Fuel
Radiopharmaceuticals work by delivering radiotherapy directly to cancer cells. Courtesy Nuclear Energy Agency.
Tens of thousands of doses of cutting-edge cancer therapies, which could help save lives and tackle some of the hardest-to-treat forms of cancer, are set to be produced from hundreds of tonnes of reprocessed uranium, generated from historic processing of spent nuclear reactor fuel.

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