Yn y DU, ar draws Ewrop, a thu hwnt, mae'r cyfarpar mewn cyfleusterau sydd ar hyn o bryd yn cynhyrchu sylweddau ymbelydrol sy'n achub bywydau, a elwir yn radioisotopau meddygol, sy'n hanfodol i wneud diagnosis a thrin canser, yn dod i ddiwedd eu hoes gynhyrchiol ac yn cael eu cau. O ganlyniad, erbyn 2030, mae'r DU yn wynebu realiti o beidio â chael unrhyw radioisotopau meddygol, neu'r “hunllef foesegol” o orfod eu dogni.
In the UK, across Europe, and further afield, the equipment in facilities currently producing life-saving radioactive substances, known as medical radioisotopes, which are critical to cancer diagnosis and treatment, are coming to the end of their productive life and being closed. As a result, by 2030, the UK faces a reality of having no medical radioisotopes, or the “ethical nightmare” of having to ration them.