ENCLOSURE 3

MFN 11-211

Moly-99 Project Update Public Meeting Presentation

Mol

y-99

Pro

ject

Upd

ate

for

the

US

NRC

A

ugus

t 201

1

GE

Hita

chi N

ucle

ar E

nerg

y

2G

E Ti

tle o

r jo

b nu

mbe

r8/

12/2

011

Wha

t is

mol

ybde

num

-99?

•U

sed

in a

ppro

xim

atel

y 85

% o

f all

nucl

ear

med

icin

e pr

oced

ures

…br

ain,

hea

rt,

thyr

oid,

lung

s, li

ver,

kidn

eys,

ske

leto

n,

bloo

d an

d tu

mor

s.

•Ra

pid

upta

ke b

y ta

rget

org

an…

is b

ound

to

ano

ther

dru

g th

at tr

ansp

orts

it to

the

orga

n of

inte

rest

•D

ecay

resu

lts in

rela

tivel

y lo

w e

nerg

y ga

mm

a…ea

sily

det

ecte

d pr

ovid

ing

accu

rate

imag

ing

•Sh

ort h

alf-

life

resu

lts …

allo

ws

for q

uick

sc

ans

and

low

er p

atie

nt d

ose,

als

o le

nds

BWRs

to b

eing

idea

l for

act

ivat

ion

•Ag

ing

& ob

sole

te p

rodu

ctio

n fa

cilit

ies…

54 y

ear o

ld C

anad

ian

reac

tor a

nd H

FR fo

r Mo-

99

expe

rien

ced

exte

nded

shu

tdow

ns.

•Is

otop

es fr

om n

ucle

ar fu

el…

Mo-

99 is

ob

tain

ed m

ostly

from

HEU

targ

ets

•Sh

orta

ge re

sulti

ng in

hig

h vi

sibi

lity

in

Was

hing

ton…

DO

E aw

ards

gra

nts

to

solv

e sh

orta

ge c

risi

s w

ith re

liabl

e,

dom

estic

sup

ply

of 99

Mo

w/o

HEU

use

an

d N

RC w

orki

ng g

roup

dev

oted

to

proj

ect

Cur

rent

isot

ope

prod

uctio

n Aus

tral

iaO

pal–

2008

H

EU T

arge

ts

Fran

ceO

sari

s–19

66

HEU

Tar

gets

Sout

h A

fric

aSa

fari

–19

65

HEU

Tar

gets

Belg

ium

BR

-2–

1961

H

EU T

arge

ts

Net

herl

ands

HFR

–19

61

HEU

Tar

gets

Can

ada

NRU

–19

57

HEU

Tar

gets

40%

25%

20%

10%

5%

N/A

Typi

cal

4G

E Ti

tle o

r jo

b nu

mbe

r 8/

12/2

011

Mol

ybde

num

-99

to te

chne

tium

ge

nera

tors

Mol

ybde

num

-99

(66h

)

Tech

netiu

m-9

9m (6

h)

βde

cay

Gen

erat

or E

lutio

nSa

line

Addi

tion

Patie

nt

How

is 99

Mo

curr

ently

pro

duce

d?Cu

rren

tly P

rodu

ced

by F

issi

on o

f Hig

hly

Enri

ched

Ura

nium

Tar

gets

Fiss

ion

Prod

uct W

aste

(Spe

nt F

uel)

6 pe

rcen

t of t

he

fissi

on y

ield

is 99

Mo

GEH

met

hod

to p

rodu

ce 99

Mo

Our

pro

cess

use

s ne

utro

n ca

ptur

e to

pro

duce

the

pare

nt o

f 99m

Tc fr

om 98

Mo

98M

o

Abso

rbs

a ne

utro

n

99M

ot ½=

66 h

rs99

mTc

99Tc

t ½=

6 hr

s

42 P

roto

ns56

Neu

tron

s98

= A

tom

ic W

t

42 P

roto

ns57

Neu

tron

s99

= A

tom

ic W

t

43 P

roto

ns56

Neu

tron

s99

= A

tom

ic W

t

43 P

roto

ns56

Neu

tron

s99

= A

tom

ic W

t

140,

180

, 74

0 Ke

vG

amm

a, B

eta

140

Kev

Gam

ma

294

Kev

Beta

t ½=

211,

000

yrs

GEH

’s p

roce

ss a

dvan

tage

sTr

aditi

onal

M

etho

dG

EH M

etho

d

Targ

et

Com

posi

tion/

Nat

iona

l Se

curi

tyH

EUN

atur

al M

olyb

denu

m

Was

te/E

nvir

onm

ent

HLW

w/ T

RU a

nd L

ong

Live

d FP

sLL

W a

nd n

o RC

RA

was

te

Chem

istr

y

Com

plic

ated

se

para

tions

of M

o fr

om U

rani

um, F

Ps,

and

TRU

Sim

pler

pro

cess

w/o

FP

and

TRU

co

mpl

icat

ions

Supp

ly R

elia

bilit

yAg

ing

reac

tors

and

un

relia

ble

supp

ly

BWRs

(>90

% C

F)

prod

uces

relia

ble

supp

ly

Cost

Requ

ires

new

bui

ldLe

vera

ges

curr

ent

infr

astr

uctu

re

•G

EH G

oal…

Prod

uce

up to

3,0

00 6

-day

Cio

f 99

Mo/

wee

k w

hich

equ

als

~50%

of d

omes

tic

dem

and

•W

hat i

s a

6-da

y Cu

rie?

…Am

ount

of c

urie

s du

e to

99M

o si

x da

ys a

fter

the

Tcge

nera

tor

is o

n m

anuf

actu

rer’

s sh

ippi

ng d

ock

•Sh

ort H

alf L

ife…

Allo

win

g tw

o da

ys fo

r tr

ansp

ort a

nd g

ener

ator

fabr

icat

ion,

ap

prox

imat

ely

23,0

00 C

iof 99

Mo

is re

quir

ed

upon

rem

oval

from

reac

tor

•BW

R Ac

tivat

ion…

Epith

erm

al n

eutr

ons

are

resp

onsi

ble

for m

ajor

ity o

f act

ivat

ion,

ca

lcul

ated

spe

cific

act

ivity

is a

ppro

xim

atel

y 1-

2 Ci

99M

o/g

initi

al M

o•

Man

agea

ble

Mas

s…Sp

ecifi

c ac

tivity

requ

ires

ac

tivat

ion

of <

30 k

gsof

Mo

ever

y w

eek

GEH

’s 99

Mo

prod

uctio

n go

alD

ecay

of M

o-99

-

3,00

0

6,00

0

9,00

0

12,0

00

15,0

00

18,0

00

21,0

00

24,0

00

01

23

45

67

8

Day

s ou

t of r

eact

or

Ci of Mo-99

Mol

ybde

num

Li

fe C

ycle

Reac

tor

(res

earc

h or

BW

R) ir

radi

atio

n 98

Mo

to 99

Mo

99m

Tc G

ener

ator

Appl

icat

ions

Mix

ed b

y ph

arm

acis

t for

use

Chem

istr

y m

etal

to g

el

Mo

Targ

et

Prep

arat

ion

Patie

nt A

pplic

atio

n

Bene

fits

of 99

Mo

proj

ect

•Sa

ves

lives

…Co

nsis

tent

ly s

uppl

y im

port

ant m

edic

al is

otop

e fo

r th

e U

SA

•N

atio

nal S

ecur

ity…

Allo

ws

Whi

te H

ouse

to a

chie

ve th

eir g

oal o

f pr

oduc

ing

mol

ybde

num

-99

with

out t

he u

se o

f HEU

•En

viro

nmen

tally

Fav

orab

le…

Syst

em c

an g

ener

ate

the

U.S.

A.’s

med

ical

is

otop

e su

pply

with

out c

reat

ing

HLW

•As

set U

tiliz

atio

n…Pr

ovid

es im

port

ant m

edic

al is

otop

e w

ithou

t the

nee

d fo

r new

reac

tors

, whi

le le

vera

ging

pro

ven

and

licen

sed

equi

pmen

t