<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Everyone<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We have an audience! We should probably not all be on the call, it would look too desperate! I will come up with a short list. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am going to nail that windmill one of these days! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Andrew<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Dukes, Cassie" <<a href="mailto:Cassie.Dukes@science.doe.gov" class="">Cassie.Dukes@science.doe.gov</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">RE: Isotope Production Proposal at JLAB's LERF Facility...</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">April 21, 2016 at 9:36:00 AM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"'Hutton Andrew'" <<a href="mailto:andrew@jlab.org" class="">andrew@jlab.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Balkin, Ethan R." <<a href="mailto:Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov" class="">Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class="">Andrew –<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class="">April 26<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at 1:00 pm ET would work well for participants in our office. Please use the following conference call-in number for the teleconference call.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class="">202-287-1395<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class="">Thanks!<br class="">Cassie<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva', serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Cassie Dukes<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Assistant to Dr. Jehanne Gillo</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Facilities and Project Management Division<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">DOE Isotope Program</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Office of Nuclear Physics, SC-26.2</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Office of Science</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Tel: 301-903-1455</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Fax: 301-903-3833</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:cassie.dukes@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">cassie.dukes@science.doe.gov</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Hutton Andrew [<a href="mailto:andrew@jlab.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:andrew@jlab.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, April 19, 2016 2:04 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Balkin, Ethan R. <<a href="mailto:Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Gillo, Jehanne <<a href="mailto:Jehanne.Gillo@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Jehanne.Gillo@science.doe.gov</a>>; Garland, Marc <<a href="mailto:Marc.Garland@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Marc.Garland@science.doe.gov</a>>; Phillips, Dennis <<a href="mailto:Dennis.Phillips@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Dennis.Phillips@science.doe.gov</a>>; Romero, Luisa <<a href="mailto:Luisa.Romero@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Luisa.Romero@science.doe.gov</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: Isotope Production Proposal at JLAB's LERF Facility...<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Ethan<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Excellent; how about 1 pm next Tuesday, April 26? It would be even better if Dennis could join us. We will have Doug Wells from South Dakota on the call, so I tried to find a time that works with two time zones. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Thanks<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Andrew<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">On Apr 18, 2016, at 4:19 PM, Balkin, Ethan R. <<a href="mailto:Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Dear Andrew,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">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. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">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 class="">nd</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>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.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Best regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">-Ethan</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hutton Andrew [<a href="mailto:andrew@jlab.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">mailto:andrew@jlab.org</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, April 18, 2016 4:05 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Balkin, Ethan R. <<a href="mailto:Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Gillo, Jehanne <<a href="mailto:Jehanne.Gillo@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">Jehanne.Gillo@science.doe.gov</span></a>>; Garland, Marc <<a href="mailto:Marc.Garland@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">Marc.Garland@science.doe.gov</span></a>>; Phillips, Dennis <<a href="mailto:Dennis.Phillips@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">Dennis.Phillips@science.doe.gov</span></a>>; Romero, Luisa <<a href="mailto:Luisa.Romero@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">Luisa.Romero@science.doe.gov</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: Isotope Production Proposal at JLAB's LERF Facility...</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Dear Ethan<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">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 class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Thanks for taking the time to write down your thought processes; it makes your response much more valuable to us. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">On another front, can I re-invite you to our Open House on April 30 - you are not “persona non grata” here? <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">All the best<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Andrew<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">On Apr 16, 2016, at 11:49 AM, Balkin, Ethan R. <<a href="mailto:Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">Ethan.Balkin@science.doe.gov</span></a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Dear Dr. Hutton,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">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 class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">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 class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">For reference, please see the 2015 NSAC-I committee report to identify alternative isotopes in demand by the user community.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Thank you again for your proposal and we look forward to considering a revised version.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Best regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">-Ethan<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">____________________________________<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Dr. Ethan R. 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