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Cobalt-60 — a life-saving medical isotope harvested at Onatrio Nuclear Generating Station

MINING.com Editor | October 27, 2021 | 2:09 pm Careers Education Cobalt 

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said it has completed another harvest of Cobalt-60 (Co-60) at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, continuing a decades-long program of producing this life-saving medical isotope. Co-60 is used in medical radiotherapy, in treating cancer and about...

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