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Article: MDS Nordion brings new cyclotron online; Vancouver site expands to meet growing demand for medical isotopes.
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- June 17, 2003
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(NYSE: MDZ; TSX: MDS) MDS Nordion, the world's leading supplier of medical isotopes, today announced the start of commercial production at its TR-30-2 cyclotron in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Authorized by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) for production of medical isotopes, the cyclotron is now the third at MDS Nordion's Vancouver TRIUMF site.
MDS Nordion's new cyclotron will meet the current demand for the critical, short-lived radioisotopes that are used in a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic medical applications. It will also allow MDS Nordion to respond to its customers' steadily growing demand for medical isotopes such as ...