Rosatom Adds Samarium-153 To The Production Range At Leningrad NPP

<h4>Rosatom Adds<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has reliably gathered that in a major medical and technology breakthrough&comma; the Leningrad NPP &lpar;a branch of Rosenergoatom JSC&comma; Rosatom Power Division&rpar; has successfully included samarium-153 in the range of isotopes produced for medical purposes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To generate this isotope&comma; the NPP carried out successful pilot irradiation of the starting substance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Before that&comma; the plant obtained the corresponding generation license&period; A pilot batch preceding the start of production is a mandatory requirement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Director of the Leningrad NPP Vladimir Pereguda commented&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>Today&comma; radiopharmaceuticals with samarium-153 are widely used in palliative care to relieve pain that occurs with bone metastases&semi; as well as in traumatology in the case of chronic musculoskeletal diseases&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Samarium-153 isotope treatment can make it possible to avoid opioid analgesic use&comma; while also inhibiting the progression of bone metastases and ensuring a lasting pain relief&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The current Rosatom project envisages the medical isotope production at the Kursk and Smolensk nuclear power plants following the Leningrad NPP&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Successful development of the project in Russia may help expand the geography of production of radiopharmaceuticals with samarium-153 and other medical isotopes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is also an important factor for Africa&comma; as Rosatom has partnerships with foreign companies&comma; including in medical development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By gaining access to radioisotopes&comma; countries on the continent can improve their healthcare systems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This helps increase the number of people who can receive the necessary medical care&comma; and also improve the standard of living and life expectancy of local citizens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rosatom Power Division generates electrical and thermal energy at nuclear power plants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Leningrad NPP &lpar;Sosnovy Bor&comma; Leningrad region&rpar; boasts the largest installed capacity of all nuclear power plants in Russia&comma; which is equal to 4400 MW&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;