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Press Release
May 8, 2012
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) announced today the signing of a cooperative agreement with the Morgridge Institute for Research (Morgridge) to further the development of accelerator-based technology to produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) in the United States without the use of proliferation-sensitive highly enriched uranium (HEU). Mo-99 is a medical radioisotope used to diagnose heart disease, treat cancer and study organ structure and function.

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