Two groups from Wisconsin have received $500,000 each from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop technologies to manufacture molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
According to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the National Nuclear Security Administration awarded funding to the Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, Phoenix Nuclear Labs of Middletown, and NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes of Madison and its partners.
The National Nuclear Security Administration earlier this year provided funding for two other proposed Mo-99 production initiatives.
In January, Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group of Lynchburg, VA, received $9 million and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy of Wilmington, NC, received $2.25 million. Both awards were made in January.
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