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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy mulls Ill. moly production

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy mulls Ill. moly production

by Brendon Nafziger, DOTmed News Associate Editor
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said Monday it was looking into a process at Clinton Power Station, a nuclear power plant in the Midwest, that could one day provide half of the country's molybdenum-99 needs.

The Wilmington, N.C. company said it was working with Exelon, which runs the plant, to conduct a feasibility study on using the plant to produce the sought-after medical isotope.

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