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Title: Developing the Sandia National Laboratories transportation infrastructure for isotope products and wastes

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OSTI ID:650270

The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to establish a medical isotope project that would ensure a reliable domestic supply of molybdenum-99 ({sup 99}Mo) and related medical isotopes (Iodine-125, Iodine-131, and Xenon-133). The Department`s plan for production will modify the Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) and associated hot cell facility at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)/New Mexico and the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Transportation activities associated with such production is discussed.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
650270
Report Number(s):
SAND-97-0776C; CONF-980507-; ON: DE98001386; BR: EW7070602; TRN: 98:009973
Resource Relation:
Conference: PATRAM `98: 12. international conference on packaging and transportation of radioactive material, Paris (France), 10-15 May 1998; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English