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Molybdenum-99 Availability

Molybdenum-99 Availability. Donna-Beth Howe, Ph.D. Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs August 23, 2011. Mo-99 Availability. More than just the making of Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) Aging Reactors Nonproliferation of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU)

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Molybdenum-99 Availability

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  1. Molybdenum-99 Availability Donna-Beth Howe, Ph.D. Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs August 23, 2011

  2. Mo-99 Availability More than just the making of Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) • Aging Reactors • Nonproliferation of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) • Government Subsidies • New Sources • No domestic production

  3. Mo-99 Availability Aging Reactors • Major reactors producing fission Mo-99 • NRU in Canada • HFR in the Netherlands • Other reactors producing Significant Mo-99 • BR2 in Belgium • Safari in South Africa • Osiris in France

  4. Mo-99 Availability • Additional Reactors • Opal in Australia • Maria in Poland • Czech reactor

  5. Mo-99 Availability Nonproliferation of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Government Subsidies New Sources

  6. Mo-99 Availability Domestic Supply • American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2011 (S. 99) • DOE-NNSA Cooperative Agreements

  7. Mo-99 Availability • DOE-NNSA Cooperative Agreements • Aqueous Homogeneous Reactor, Babcock & Wilcox • Neutron Activation, GE Hitachi • Accelerator Fission, SHINE • Accelerator Transmutation, NorthStar • Conventional Target, not issued

  8. Mo-99 Availability NRC • Inter-Office Working Group • Letters of intent received By NRC • B&W - Coqui • MURR - SHINE • GE Hitachi

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