Sec. 3178. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT
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## SEC. 3178 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT ###
(a)In General The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the state of molybdenum-99 production and utilization, to be provided to Congress not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. ###
(b)Contents The report shall include the following: ####
(1)For molybdenum-99 production— #####
(A)a list of all facilities in the world producing molybdenum-99 for medical uses, including an indication of whether these facilities use highly enriched uranium in any way; #####
(B)a review of international production of molybdenum-99 over the previous 5 years, including— ######
(i)whether any new production was brought online; ######
(ii)whether any facilities halted production unexpectedly; and ######
(iii)whether any facilities used for production were decommissioned or otherwise permanently removed from service; and #####
(C)an assessment of progress made in the previous 5 years toward establishing domestic production of molybdenum-99 for medical uses, including the extent to which other medical isotopes that have been produced with molybdenum-99, such as iodine-131 and xenon-133, are being used for medical purposes. ####
(2)An assessment of the progress made by the Department and others to eliminate all worldwide use of highly enriched uranium in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope production facilities. # TITLE XXXII DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD