On 12th February 2026, the UK India Nuclear Network hosted a one-day roundtable at Imperial College London, convened by Professor William Nuttall. A global group of participants gathered to exchange knowledge and gain a better collective understanding of the steps required to meet future nuclear medicine needs, especially in emerging economies.
The roundtable was the last in a series of three. Professor Nuttall envisaged that the series would explore a policy proposition sitting at the nexus of two major areas of global concern: public health and nuclear security. Within that context each event had its own focus and emphasis.
The first roundtable, held at the National Liberal Club in London in 2021, focused on the case for Professor Nuttall and Professor Michael Bluck’s PREMIER reactor concept: a proliferation-resistant medical isotope reactor that could be exported to states in need of a more resilient supply of medical isotopes. BASIC and The Open University co-sponsored the first roundtable.
The second roundtable, held at the Royal Society in London in 2022, considered different technical options that could meet future global isotope needs, and compared the relative merits of the PREMIER concept, the Micro-NOVA fusion reactor concept, and production of isotopes using accelerators. BASIC co-hosted the second roundtable with the University of Bristol, Imperial College London, The Open University and Rolls-Royce. Each time BASIC published a report summarising the event and its findings. This document concludes the series.
The third roundtable was sponsored by the UK-Indian Nuclear Network (UKINN), and held at Imperial College, London. Its focus was the global future for nuclear medicine and did not directly consider the question of non-proliferation. It brought together experts from international organisations, India, Africa, and the UK to gain a clear and detailed picture of both the current status of nuclear medicine in the examined regions, and future needs. It consisted of a number of geographically focused presentations and two sessions of open discussion.
Read the first report here.
Read the second report here.
Read the third report below:
