Question : PRODUCTION OF ATOMIC POWER GENERATION



(a) the present production of atomic energy and its share in the total power generation from different sources; and

(b) the quantum of nuclear medicines produced during the last three years?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE (SHRIMATI VASUNDHARA RAJE)

(a) The present share of nuclear power is about 3% of the total power generated in the country from various sources.

(b) Quantum of major radiopharmaceuticals supplied during the last three years is given below which will give an indication of the extent of nuclear medicine practices being carried out using these products.


PRODUCT	@ 1999	@ 2000	@ 2001
Iodine-131 product for therapeutic use 301 curies 340 curies 3367 curies
Technetium-99m kit products for diagnostic 32,622 kit 31,242 kit 38,064 kit studies (in vivo) vials vials vials
Molybdenum-99 for preparation of Technetium- 99m products for diagnostic studies (in vivo) 500 curies 473 curies 409 curies
Products for in vitro analysis (immunoassay)
@ Calendar Year. 8306 7906 7738



It is estimated that typically 2.5 lakh to 3 lakh diagnostic imaging studies are performed per year and a few thousand patient treatments using radioiodine are carried out per year (for thyroid disorders). The number of patient sample analysis carried out using immunoassay kits would work out to about 5 lakh per year.