The stable isotope market

Market challenge

The stable isotope market faces numerous challenges, driven by growing demand and production difficulties:

 

Growing demand
  • stable isotopes play a crucial role in sectors such as :
  • Medicine : diagnostic applications and advanced therapies;
  • Scientific research : tracing and analysis in various fields;
  • Industry : monitoring of chemical and environmental processes.

 

Complex and costly production

Current stable isotope production processes rely on isotopic separation technologies that are:

  • highly specialised and technologically advanced;
  • limited in terms of speed and production capacity;
  • costly and dominated by a few global suppliers.

    Innovation and growth in the isotope market with the Seruci II Project

    The commercial isotope market, which includes key products such as 13C, 15N, 17O (used in medical diagnostics, tracers, advanced nuclear fuels, and magnetic resonance), 18O (for positron emission tomography), and 11B (essential for next-generation semiconductors), is currently valued at around 1 billion euros and is expected to grow significantly over the next decade..

    Several leading players in the specialty gases sector have already expressed interest in the Seruci II Project, which aims to establish the only production facility for enriched stable isotopes within the European Union. Leveraging a patented cryogenic distillation process, capable of drastically reducing energy consumption in 350-meter-high towers, the project will enable the production of stable isotopes for strategic sectors such as semiconductors, precision medicine, and advanced nuclear fuels.

    This innovative approach is expected to generate annual revenues in the tens of millions of euros, positioning our company as a leader in a global market worth billions of dollars and making a decisive contribution to the advancement of strategic technologies in the energy and biomedical fields.