The anti-nuclear brigade's argument that you don't need nuclear reactors to produce nuclear medicine is factually inaccurate.

Their story goes like this: Nuclear medicine products can be, and are already, commercially produced in ways that don't require nuclear reactors, those ways don't result in radioactive waste, and the needs for nuclear medicines can be satisfied through alternative approaches.

Demand for nuclear medicine is rising around the world. Credit:Peter Morris

As the Australian leader in research to produce such medicines with non-reactor based methods, I can tell you that this is false.

Let's get some facts on the record.