Re: Bond (R-MO) Amendments to Energy Bill

[BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@PITT.EDU>]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 BLHamrick@AOL.COM wrote:



> Also, for the more scientifically inclined amongst us, can someone explain

> why it is more efficient to irradiate HEU to produce Mo-99, than it would be to

> irradiate a single target nuclide?  Is it that they are intentionally seeking

> to produce a "spectrum" of nuclides, and the cost of individual target

> irradiation vs. the cost of all the separation of the various products of HEU

> irradiation falls on the side of mass HEU irradiation?



	--Deriving Mo-99 from fission gives a carrier-free product,

whereas deiving it from irradiation of Molybdenum does not.



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