<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Everyone</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">We are down but not yet out!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Andrew<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Balkin, Ethan R." <<a href="mailto:Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov">Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov</a>><br><b>Date:</b> April 18, 2016 at 4:19:34 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Hutton Andrew <<a href="mailto:andrew@jlab.org">andrew@jlab.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> "Gillo, Jehanne" <<a href="mailto:Jehanne.Gillo@science.doe.gov">Jehanne.Gillo@science.doe.gov</a>>, "Garland, Marc" <<a href="mailto:Marc.Garland@science.doe.gov">Marc.Garland@science.doe.gov</a>>, "Phillips, Dennis" <<a href="mailto:Dennis.Phillips@science.doe.gov">Dennis.Phillips@science.doe.gov</a>>, "Romero, Luisa" <<a href="mailto:Luisa.Romero@science.doe.gov">Luisa.Romero@science.doe.gov</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>RE: Isotope Production Proposal at JLAB's LERF Facility...</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dear Andrew,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I would be happy to discuss this in greater detail over the phone, and was hoping that you would suggest as much. I am out of the office on official travel for
beginning tomorrow afternoon, 4/21, and will return to the office on Monday, 4/25. Let’s try to get something on the calendar as soon as you have a feel for your schedule. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thank you for the continued invitation to the J-Lab open house. Unfortunately, I have another business trip on my calendar for the week of May 2<sup>nd</sup>
and will be unable to make it down for the open house on 4/30. I would like to schedule a day trip at some point in the not-to-distant future though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Hutton Andrew [<a href="mailto:andrew@jlab.org">mailto:andrew@jlab.org</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 18, 2016 4:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Balkin, Ethan R. <<a href="mailto:Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov">Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Gillo, Jehanne <<a href="mailto:Jehanne.Gillo@science.doe.gov">Jehanne.Gillo@science.doe.gov</a>>; Garland, Marc <<a href="mailto:Marc.Garland@science.doe.gov">Marc.Garland@science.doe.gov</a>>; Phillips, Dennis <<a href="mailto:Dennis.Phillips@science.doe.gov">Dennis.Phillips@science.doe.gov</a>>; Romero, Luisa <<a href="mailto:Luisa.Romero@science.doe.gov">Luisa.Romero@science.doe.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Isotope Production Proposal at JLAB's LERF Facility...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am just back from Rome and I must say that this was an unexpected response. I would like to take a few days to consider your response and then I would like to talk it over with you. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for taking the time to write down your thought processes; it makes your response much more valuable to us. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On another front, can I re-invite you to our Open House on April 30 - you are not “persona non grata” here? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Apr 16, 2016, at 11:49 AM, Balkin, Ethan R. <<a href="mailto:Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov">Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">Dear Dr. Hutton,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">We considered your proposal addressing “Isotope Production at the Jefferson Lab LERF Facility”. Unfortunately, in its present form, we cannot support this proposal. We are concerned with the proposed target
design and the lack of cost-effective production.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">The technical expertise of the J-Lab investigators is unquestionable. Additionally, J-Lab has unique resources that could be leveraged to advance the DoE Isotope Program’s production efforts. However, the
particular target design chosen (liquid Ga metal) is a technically challenging approach for facilities which routinely conduct isotope production; let alone one attempting it for the first time. It is not clear that the design complexity, as it directly relates
to isotopic production and radiochemical separation, has been taken into consideration. If a liquid metal target is something that you wish to pursue, I encourage you to seek funding in one of the competitive isotope production R&D FOAs administered by Dennis
Phillips (there is one that will be advertised in the very near future). However, if routine integration into the isotope production complex is what you seek, I would encourage you to consider redesigning your target to improve the radiochemical yield obtained
per-hour of irradiation while significantly reducing the per-unit cost of production/isolation, and/or identify alternative isotopes which might afford you those production characteristics. Just to let you know, the current proposed costs are more than an
order of magnitude too high for cost effective routine production. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">For reference, please see the 2015 NSAC-I committee report to identify alternative isotopes in demand by the user community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">Thank you again for your proposal and we look forward to considering a revised version.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">-Ethan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">Dr. Ethan R. Balkin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">Email:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ethan.balkin@science.doe.gov">ethan.balkin@science.doe.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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