Article on International shipments of RAM

["Nielsen, Erik" <NielseEC@NV.DOE.GOV>]

>From "The Scientist"



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Getting isotopes a challenge

Airlines, shipping firms refuse to carry radioactive materials, creating

problems | By John Dudley Miller



As more and more airlines and ocean-going shipping firms refuse to carry

radioactive materials, it is becoming more difficult to procure

radioisotopes, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Should this problem continue to grow, says the IAEA, researchers and other

users in some parts of the world may not be able to obtain them at all. 

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Erik C. Nielsen

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