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Written question asked by Tulip Siddiq (Labour) on Thursday, 8 February 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 February 2018 (named day). It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 February 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Molybdenum

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of current suppliers of molybdenum-99 located in countries that are not members of Euratom.

Answer

Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) is currently made in nuclear research reactors. There are currently six active reactors in the world that produce more than 90% of the world’s Mo-99 supply, the following table lists these reactors and their location. Australia and South Africa are not members of Euratom.

Reactor

Location

HFR

Netherlands

BR-2

Belgium

Safari-1

South Africa

MARIA

Poland

OPAL

Australia

LVR-15

Czech Republic


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
127854
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Euratom Molybdenum
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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