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Originally posted by il duce
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Moosey the article that I shared yesterday provides an interesting history on US efforts to remove their reliance on foreign sources of medical isotopes.Of the five companies given awards, only one—NorthStar—started production, though that was quickly halted. " the Cen ters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) p roposes replacing the add-on payment given for using Tc-99m produced in reactors that do not use HEU with a new add-on payment related to domestic Mo-99 production He said this will be starting in 2026 NNSA expects to decide on additional allocations of the newly appropriated Mo-99 funding by early 2025 ."
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il Duce that is for Mo-99, we get it from the Opel reactor here in Australia, but is a different type of nuclear medicine, they sat that they are unsure whether the Opel tractor can suit the production of the isotopes that can be used for YB276 production is viable?
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