# Nuclide record b-cold-chain-logistics (bottleneck). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from Nuclide (nuclide.cc)". Whole corpus: https://nuclide.cc/api/v1/nuclide.nt
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<https://nuclide.cc/bottlenecks/b-cold-chain-logistics/>
  a schema:Thing ;
  nuclide:kind "bottleneck" ;
  schema:identifier "b-cold-chain-logistics" ;
  schema:name "Cold chain and time-critical logistics"@en ;
  schema:description "Radioactive medicines keep losing strength from the moment they are made, so a doctor prescribes a specific amount to arrive at a specific time. If a flight is delayed, an airline refuses the cargo, or customs holds the package for even a few hours, the dose can decay below the amount a patient needs and has to be thrown away."@en ;
  schema:url <https://nuclide.cc/bottlenecks/b-cold-chain-logistics/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-22"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://resources.inmm.org/system/files/patram_proceedings/2010/233_Paper_TRANSPORT-OF-RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS,-CRADLE-TO-THE-P.pdf>, <https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13002445/>, <https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/Meetings/a42/Documents/WP/wp_439_en.pdf>, <https://medraysintell.com/radiopharmaceutical-supply-chain-structure-7-7/> ;
  nuclide:tag "logistics", "Class 7", "cold chain", "half-life" ;
  nuclide:related <https://nuclide.cc/ideas/idea-reg-regional-radiopharmacy-hubs/>, <https://nuclide.cc/bottlenecks/b-mo99-supply/>, <https://nuclide.cc/bottlenecks/b-site-readiness-referral/>, <https://nuclide.cc/isotopes/mo-99/> ;
  nuclide:technologies <https://nuclide.cc/technologies/therapy-isotope-supply-chain/>, <https://nuclide.cc/technologies/radiopharmacy-network/>, <https://nuclide.cc/technologies/pet-tracer-manufacturing/> .