S Africa in medical use of uranium
- 12 years ago
Scientists in South Africa are producing medical isotopes using technology from the country's apartheid era nuclear weapons programme.
But instead of highly-encriched uranium, they are utilising low-enriched uranium.
It is hoped that this process could help to ease global concerns over nuclear arms proliferation.
Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from Pretoria.
But instead of highly-encriched uranium, they are utilising low-enriched uranium.
It is hoped that this process could help to ease global concerns over nuclear arms proliferation.
Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from Pretoria.