[ RadSafe ] " House Committee Passes Bill to Create USIsotopeSupply "

[Edmond Baratta]

I forgot to mention, that with fission Mo-99 large (high activity) can be 
manufactured.  This is not the same with Mo-99 produced from Mo.

Ed Baratta

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From: "Edmond Baratta" <edmond0033 at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:52 PM
To: "Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj at aecl.ca>; "Radsafe (E-mail)" 
<radsafe at radlab.nl>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] " House Committee Passes Bill to Create 
USIsotopeSupply "

> One wonders how they are going to produce the Mo-99 from an without the 
> use of enriched uranium?   The earlier method was from neutron actived Mo, 
> which resulted in a lot of waste.  Where are they going to find a Reactor 
> to produce it.  It appears that the House in its usual short sightedness 
> has struck again.
>
> Ed Baratta
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> edmond0033 at comcast.net
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> From: "Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj at aecl.ca>
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 12:05 PM
> To: "Radsafe (E-mail)" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] " House Committee Passes Bill to Create US 
> IsotopeSupply "
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>> UNRESTRICTED | ILLIMITÉ
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>> Gee.....  one wonders why they didn't simply keep FFTF in operation - 
>> retasked to meds production ??
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>> Jaro
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>> House Committee Passes Bill to Create US Isotope Supply
>> Device & Diagnostic Letter
>> Vol. 36, No. 42
>> 26 October 2009
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>> To head off future shortages of the most commonly used diagnostic 
>> radioisotope, a House committee has passed a bill to create a steady 
>> domestic supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
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>> The American Medical Isotopes Production Act, H.R. 3276, gives the Energy 
>> Department the authority and funding to help the private sector establish 
>> a U.S. supply of Mo-99 without using highly enriched uranium, according 
>> to a statement from the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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>> If passed, the House bill could help advance two private projects already 
>> in the works, Matmuller said, as it includes a $163 million provision to 
>> support domestic production of the isotope (D&DL, Sept. 14).
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>> In February, Covidien signed an agreement with Babcock & Wilcox to 
>> develop technology to manufacture Mo-99 in the U.S. When complete, the 
>> collaboration could supply more than 50 percent of the U.S. demand for 
>> the radioisotope (D&DL, Feb. 2). Last year, Advanced Medical Isotope 
>> signed an agreement with the University of Missouri Research Reactor 
>> Center to develop the isotope.
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>> Neither of these projects has applied to formally begin the regulatory 
>> approval process, Robert Lewis, director of NRC's Division of Materials 
>> Safety and State Agreements, said.
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>> In related news, the NRC also has noticed a shortage of another prominent 
>> medical isotope, iodine-131, Matmuller said.
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