Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets

Participants of the July 17-18, 2017, symposium titled Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets examined current trends in molybdenum-99 production, prospects for new global supplies, and technical, economic, regulatory, and other considerations for supplying molybdenum-99 to global markets. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the symposium.

• Front Matter
• Overview
• 1 Opening Remarks
• 2 Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m in Nuclear Medicine
• 3 Current Molybdenum-99 Supply
• 4 Conversion to Low Enriched UraniumSourced Production and Opportunities for Research and Development
• 5 Supply Reliability
• 6 Prospects for Molybdenum-99 Future Supply
• 7 Molybdenum-99 Supply Sustainability
• References
• Appendixes
• Appendix A: Agenda
• Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Presenters, and Moderators
• Appendix C: List of Participants