[ RadSafe ] " House Committee Passes Bill to CreateUSIsotopeSupply "

Tue Oct 27 08:14:11 CDT 2009

Mike and other Radsafers

The product needed is Tc-99m, a progeny of Mo-99, not Mo-99. Therefore the 
amount of Mo-98 is not important.

John
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brennan, Mike (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
To: "Radsafe (E-mail)" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 4:44 PM
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] " House Committee Passes Bill to 
CreateUSIsotopeSupply "

> That is my understanding, also.  Two factors come into play: the neutron 
> absorption cross-section of Mo98 vs. the fission producing neutron 
> absorption cross-section of your fissile material, and the problem of 
> isotopic separation of Mo98 and Mo99 (which would be very hard) and the 
> chemical separation of Mo from the other fission fragments and remaining 
> fissile material (and whatever else there is).  If you want either a lot 
> of Mo99 or concentrated Mo99, I think you need to go the fission route.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On 
> Behalf Of Edmond Baratta
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 3:55 PM
> To: Franta, Jaroslav; Radsafe (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] " House Committee Passes Bill to 
> CreateUSIsotopeSupply "
>
> 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
>
> edmond0033 at comcast.net
>
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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
>>
>> edmond0033 at comcast.net
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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 "
>>
>>> UNRESTRICTED | ILLIMITÉ
>>>
>>> Gee.....  one wonders why they didn't simply keep FFTF in operation -
>>> retasked to meds production ??
>>>
>>> Jaro
>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>
>>>
>>> House Committee Passes Bill to Create US Isotope Supply
>>> Device & Diagnostic Letter
>>> Vol. 36, No. 42
>>> 26 October 2009
>>>
>>> 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).
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> <SNIP>
>>>
>>> <SNIP>
>>> 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).
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> In related news, the NRC also has noticed a shortage of another 
>>> prominent
>>> medical isotope, iodine-131, Matmuller said.
>>> <SNIP>
>>>
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