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$84,091,682

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to SHINE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-10-22·LATEST ACTION2026-03-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DENA0004010_089
Award description

SHINE WAS FOUNDED IN 2010 WITH THE GOAL OF BECOMING THE WORLD LEADER IN THE SAFE, CLEAN, AFFORDABLE PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL ISOTOPES. SINCE 2010, SHINE HAS AGGRESSIVELY PURSUED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DOMESTIC SOURCE OF HIGH SPECIFIC ACTIVITY MO-99 WITHOUT THE USE OF HEU TO END THE CHRONIC SHORTAGES US PATIENTS ARE EXPERIENCING.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Fund SHINE Technologies to establish domestic production of molybdenum-99 medical isotopes without enriched uranium.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-medical-isotopesdomestic-productionnon-proliferation
Why this matters

Reduces U.S. dependence on foreign medical isotope suppliers and addresses chronic shortages affecting patient care.

Supply-chain signal

Strengthens domestic medical isotope supply chain; reduces reliance on Canadian and Australian imports.

U.S.–China competition angle

Secures critical medical isotope supply domestically, reducing vulnerability to supply disruptions from geopolitical competitors.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002209.

Period of performance
Start
2021-10-22
End
2026-10-21
Status
activein 156 days
Sources

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