The Global Threat Reduction Initiative of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration signed an agreement with
the Morgridge Institute for Research "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)." The $20.6 million agreement between NNSA and Morgridge involves an equal cost-share arrangement.