Isotopes for Society

The Department of Energy Isotope Program produces high priority radioactive and stable isotopes in short supply for the Nation that no domestic entity has the infrastructure or core competency to meet market demand; the Program is typically the only, or one of few, global or domestic producers for these novel isotopes. Isotopes are high-priority and often rare commodities of strategic importance for the Nation and are essential in medical diagnosis and treatment, discovery science, national security, advanced manufacturing, space exploration and communications, biology, quantum information science, clean energy, climate and environmental science, archaeology, and other fields. Isotopes can directly enable emerging technology, and contribute to the economic, technical and scientific strength of the United States.