US invests in domestic supply of medical isotopes

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CHICAGO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded grants to nuclear energy units at McDermott International Inc and General Electric Co and Hitachi to develop a stable domestic supply of medical isotopes, which are used in scores of diagnostic tests for cancer, thyroid or heart disease.
GE Hitachi said on Monday the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration awarded GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, an alliance of GE and Hitachi, $2.25 million to develop radioisotopes using a technology that does not require highly enriched uranium (HEU), which can also be used to develop nuclear weapons. GE Hitachi will match that amount.
And McDermott's Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group said it got $9 million to develop medical isotopes using low enriched uranium, an amount that company will match.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8915887

Maybe the US will accept tar sands for isotopes?

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1. Something else Harper has lost for us.

Is there ANYthing Harper hasn't #$%^ up?