Radiation Applications

US / $35 Million Agreement Will Support Domestic Production Of Critical Mo-99 Isotope

By David Dalton
20 October 2021

$35 Million Agreement Will Support Domestic Production Of Critical Mo-99 Isotope
Shine Technologies’ headquarters in Janesville, Wisconsin. Courtesy US NNSA.
The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) issued a cooperative agreement worth $35m to a Wisconsin company to support the commercial production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), a critical isotope used in more than 40,000 medical procedures in the US each day, including the diagnosis of heart disease and cancer.

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