The project to create a large nuclear medicine center in Gatchina was approved by Vladimir Putin.
Five hectares of land have already been allocated for the center near the St. Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics. Here they plan to open a plant for the production of radionuclides for the whole country, as well as a medical center with tomographs, an accelerator and a radiochemistry department. The complex will help in the development of early diagnosis and treatment of cancer.