Molybdenum-99 Availability

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