NNSA Readying More Money to Support Mo-99 Production

摘要

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is preparing to release another tranche of funding for companies working to produce the medical isotope molybdenum-99 without use of weapon-grade uranium. The semiautonomous branch of the Department of Energy said it received $35 million from Congress for this work in the current 2020 federal budget year. The agency posted the funding opportunity announcement on Thursday, nearly a year after it sealed the last of four separate $15 million agreements with domestic isotope producers.