Live Breaking News & Updates on Mcmaster Nuclear Reactor In Ontario

 
MONTREAL/TORONTO
Medical companies and shippers in Canada are racing to transport time-sensitive radiochemical materials used to treat cancer, as a pandemic-induced drop in passenger flights has narrowed transportation options and created cargo delays.
Half of air cargo normally travels in the belly of passenger jets rather than dedicated freighters. But flight cancellations as traffic plummeted during the pandemic have left some companies scrambling to ship treatments that decay over time, pushing up overall transportation costs.
Before the pandemic, the McMaster Nuclear Reactor in Ontario could ship its iodine-125 isotope anywhere in a couple of days.
But since spring, deliveries of the isotope, used to treat about 70,000 patients a year with a procedure called brachytherapy, have been delayed as long as 10 days. ....

United States , British Columbia , Jan Sigger , Jerfaas Haalboom , Gabriel Freitas , Karin Stephenson , Roy Bekic , Marco Bloemen , Mike Stopay , American College Of Radiology , Accenture Plc , Mcmaster Nuclear Reactor In Ontario , Japan Terumo Corp , Centre For Probe Development , Mcmaster Nuclear Reactor , American College , Netherlands Based Quirem Medical , Pacer Air Freight , Seabury Consulting , Probe Development , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , பிரிட்டிஷ் கொலம்பியா , கேப்ரியல் ஃப்ரீடாஸ் , கரின் ஸ்டீபன்சன் , அமெரிக்கன் கல்லூரி ஆஃப் கதிரியக்கவியல் , உச்சரிப்பு ப்ல் ,