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The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) signed an agreement Thursday with the Russian company Rusatom Healthcare, which could double the production of local nuclear medicine from 1.4 billion euros to over the next few years.
took place on the sidelines of the Brics Summit held in Sandton and attended, among others, Russian President Vladimir Putin. Rusatom Healthcare is the healthcare division of the Russian nuclear company Rosatom, considered a leading player in reactor construction for the new South African nuclear program. The program is stalled due to court challenges and uncertainty surrounding the country's future energy mix.
Necsa is currently a world leader in the production and distribution of nuclear drugs and exports to more than 60 countries
. create binding rights or obligations under local or international law, it aims the joint development of two nuclear reactors in solution at the site Pelindaba de Necsa outside Pretoria
It is small reactors specially designed for the efficient production of nuclear medicine products. Necsa President Dr. Kelvin Kemm badessed the value of each reactor at about 50 million rand.
Both parties are also considering building a commercial cyclotron in Pelindaba to further increase the nuclear medicine production capacity in the region. Kemm on the agreement and the future of nuclear medicine production in South Africa:
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