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Ensuring Reliable Cobalt-60 Supply for Global Health

Discover how Nordion is a global leader in Cobalt-60 supply, vital for gamma sterilization and medical isotopes, safeguarding global health. Learn about strategic approaches for long-term supply and key production facilities worldwide for sustained Cobalt-60 availability.

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Ensuring Reliable Cobalt-60 Supply for Global Health

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  1. Ensuring a reliable global Cobalt-60 supply for the next generation Anna Noir, Nordion (Canada) ATOMEXPO 2018 Sochi, Russia

  2. About Sotera Health Sotera Health is a parent company of: • Nordion • Sterigenics (contract sterilization services) • Nelson Labs (microbiological and analytical tests) Vision:To be the leading provider of mission-critical solutions to improve global health 62 FACILITIESACROSS 13 COUNTRIES APPROXIMATELY 2800 EMPLOYEES SERVE OVER 6000 CUSTOMERS

  3. Nordion is THE Reliable Global Supplier of Radioisotopes Safeguarding Global Health TM Gamma Technologies (GT) Medical Isotopes (MI) • Global leader in Cobalt-60 (“Co-60”) supply • Co-60 is the key input for Gamma sterilization • Established market leader • Exclusive long-term Co-60 supply contracts with nuclear reactors at multiple reactor sites • 40 active customers including contract sterilizers and medical device OEMs, served via multi-year agreements • Leading global supplier of critical medical isotopes for research, diagnostic and therapeutic uses • Manufactures various medical isotopes for the nuclear medicine industry • Supply relationships with TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator centre as well as research reactor sites • Customers include pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, and radiopharmacies. Safeguarding Global Health – with every critical isotope we supply.

  4. Where Does Cobalt-60 Go? • 50% USA, 20% Europe, 20% China, 10% Japan & India • 260 large scale , commercial irradiators • 70% of cobalt is used by contract processors • 30% of cobalt is used by medical device manufacturers • Ratio of Medical Devices to Food • USA 95/5 • India 95/5 • Europe 99/1 • China 30/70

  5. Cobalt-60 Production

  6. NordionCobalt-60 Source: C-188

  7. JS-10000 Hanging Tote Irradiator

  8. Ongoing Need for Cobalt-60

  9. Strategic Approaches to Long-term Supply

  10. Extend Bruce Nuclear Generating Station Largest nuclear power station in the world 8 units, 2 refurbished CAD $13B investment to refurbish 6 units Operate and produce Cobalt until 2064

  11. Expand Darlington Nuclear Generating Station 4 units being refurbished, CAD $12.8B investment Operated by OPG, produce Cobalt at Pickering Physics, thermal, preliminary engineering

  12. Expand 11 RBMK reactors in Russian Federation 4 units at LNPP producing Cobalt since 2000s Expanding to Kursk & Smolensk stations

  13. Develop CANDUs ideally suited for Co-59 activation Limited installed base (29 worldwide) Lots of Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) VVERs are potential new platform

  14. Manufacturing Infrastructure Expansion Construction of additional hotcell in 2018/2019 Increase capability for recycling Provide redundancy for manufacturing

  15. Transportation Capability Enhancement Expansion of container fleet New logistics/distribution channels

  16. High Specific Activity (HSA) Cobalt NRU shutdown 2018 Longer operating cycles at BNGS 2 year project for HSA targets Highly scalable First discharge in early 2019

  17. СПАСИБО

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