2015 Workshop on Isotope Federal Supply and Demand
4th Workshop on Isotope Federal Supply and Demand
Sponsored by the DOE Isotope Program
Managed by the Office of Nuclear Physics
Office of Science
November 9, 2015
Residence Inn
Bethesda, MD
Agenda: Agenda_2015.pdf
The Office of Nuclear Physics (NP) in the Office of Science (SC) held the 4th Workshop on Isotope Federal Supply and Demand. Workshop participation was limited to representatives of Federal agencies. The Workshop is a venue for the Isotope Program to communicate to the Federal complex new isotope availability, progress in R&D in promoting isotope availability, and concerns in isotope supply chains that are vital to different Federal missions. The Workshop also encourages interactions between Federal agencies and departments to avoid potential communication breakdowns that can lead to shortages of isotopes of critical and strategic importance to the Nation. The Workshop took place on Monday, November 9, 2015 at the Residence Inn, in Bethesda, Maryland.
Topics included the use, demand and supply of isotopes from a Federal perspective, in various areas including homeland defense, medicine, agriculture, and basic and applied research. Participants engaged in discussions of their sponsored activities and demands for isotopes. Discussions also included existing supplies of isotopes, and efforts underway to increase supply of critical isotopes. The output of this workshop served as input for the Isotope Program to optimize its annual plan to increase isotope supply and mitigate shortages of critical isotopes.
The Workshop was a 1 day meeting in Bethesda, Maryland, in the suburbs of Washington D.C. Participating agencies were asked to provide isotope demands important to mission achievement for the next five years.
