Advanced materials · Belgium

Institute for Radioelements (IRE)

One of the few global processors of irradiated uranium targets into Mo-99, supplying a significant share of world demand, and a producer of therapeutic isotopes.

Headquarters
Fleurus, Belgium · Europe
Value chain
Advanced materials(Inputs)
What that means
Supplies engineered solid materials: fibres and composites, alloys and powders, wafers and substrates, magnets, nanomaterials, ceramics, isotopes and battery materials.
Founded
1971
Ownership
State-owned
Website
ire.eu
Relevance
High at its strongest, in Nuclear Medicine & Radioisotope Technologies

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  1. Biotechnology & Health Technologies · Manufacture · listed #9 of 50

    One of the few global processors of irradiated uranium targets into Mo-99, supplying a significant share of world demand, and a producer of therapeutic isotopes.

    Relevance: One of few global Mo-99 processors

    Source · en.wikipedia.org