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Atomic Alchemy (YC W19) — We produce cancer-curing materials used in nuclear medicine

Atomic Alchemy appears in Y Combinator's company directory in the Winter 2019 batch, listed 2018-11-06. We produce cancer-curing materials used in nuclear medicine..

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Atomic Alchemy: Accepted into Y Combinator Winter 2019

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Atomic Alchemy

New accelerator entry · 2018-11-06 · the record

Winter 2019
batch
8
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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Atomic Alchemy is building a bank of reactors to produce the nuclear material that goes into nuclear medicine. Radiopharmaceuticals are vitally important in biological tracers, diagnostic imaging, and cancer treatments. Currently, the world's supply of Molybdenum-99, the cornerstone of 80% of all nuclear medicine procedures, is sourced from just six government-run, scientific research reactors abroad. Five of these reactors are 45-65 years old and are quickly coming to the end of their operational life. This has cultivated a fragile and lengthy supply chain, at odds with the nature of radioactive material. This issue and its implications do not just effect molybdenum, but any other reactor-based isotope. Many promising cancer therapies are stuck in clinical trials, unable to secure enough material in a timely manner. Research doesn’t even happen because of the difficulty of sourcing any new isotopes. It doesn't have to be this way. Atomic Alchemy is working to solve this by building the world's first scalable radioisotope production facility. This facility will contain the world’s first privately-owned nuclear reactors dedicated to radioisotope production.

What the record says

BatchWinter 2019
Announced2018-11-06
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size8
IndustryIndustrials
Sub-industryIndustrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics
SectorsHard Tech, Small Modular Reactors, Medical Devices
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedIdaho Falls, ID, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://atomicalchemy.us

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