NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT.

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.