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° ' <br /> <br /> Personnel ~ ? ~ ~ ,jam' <br /> ~o ~ <br /> At peceaMr 31, 1996, She Company erployed .~isvan persons, tive of which ors <br /> otifde personnel and two are plant enployeea. L!-' taoiiity beoamOaw ; <br /> Sully aperatianal. the Company antiaipataa tact it sill Head to hire <br /> approximately seven additional emp20yees for cash Ohitt the laollity operates. <br /> <br /> RaquireQ pdtecnnol will inaludad a shift eupergisar, a Oontraller/scheduler, a <br /> quality aesnranoe supervisor, a plant operator, and three loaders/unloadsrs. <br /> <br /> All handling at the CCbA1t s0 BaRrCa, phieh OOMIrs parladleally tar she purpose <br /> of adding ar rescuing Cobalt 80, is done by Kordion. :lee "AgreemeaLS wlt6 MDs <br /> Nordiort+• belcw- <br /> Cobalt f.0 Supply <br /> Sha Company has in pipes approximately 1.9 million curies of Cobalt e0- 't'ho <br /> 3eve1 of radioactivity of Cebalt 80 daCiines at approximately 184 per year, and <br /> Hey Cobalt 80 Host iron tint to tins be purchased to malntpin an appropriate <br /> radiation level. presthtly, the price Ot Cobalt g0 la approximately sl.a6 par <br /> curie. Nordics has agreed Lo sell the Company all Ltt requlrenents !or Cobalt <br /> 80, and to accept Lhe return 0i all used Cobalt 90 that bile reaohad the end of <br /> its weetul lift- see "AgreOaente with MD$ sardian" below. <br /> <br /> Additional Uaee for irradiation <br /> <br /> Aeaearch services <br /> She Company uses its iaeilft;~ Lo irradiate various products as requtrid in <br /> reasarcll activities being conducted by others, inclodin$ state and federal <br /> governaen: agencies. <br /> Medical and Cenauasr Fraducis <br /> She Company tloea not expect :a provide irradiation treatment for medical <br /> products, because under t5s teraa of its agreement with Nordian the Company will <br /> under some circumsLancea be prohibited iron proeassin$ my product other than <br /> food and zelated products. eowavsr, it the Company~a iaailit; does nos operate <br /> aweaeeafu:ly ea a lpod irradiation taoility, it coald be comatrted at liSils or <br /> no volt to a rtedicai end oonpuaer products irradiation facility. sea <br /> "Agreecen:s sit}, MDS sordion" below- <br /> F3ant 3atety <br /> Saiety to Surrounding Community <br /> while a radiation source does require special handling, the nseeeeary <br /> preaaations ors well undarsteod and practiced daily at nuraraus medical supply <br /> irradiation plants already In ope.ation. Unlike a nuclear power plant, Lhe <br /> procaes does not Involve any nuclear reaetien. An irradiator is not a nuclear <br /> raasLor. SL is simply a processing plant containing a ahiaided area where foods <br /> are exposed Lo a source of ionizing radiation. <br /> the Company+a irradiation activities will produce n0 harmful solid, liquid <br /> qr gas of°luenis or pcllutanta. the Company uaOa~Caba1S s0 as its irradiation <br /> source, which is a manufactured product and not a byproduct trop a nuclear <br /> raaotor ar otherwise. <br /> ~0'd 9bR999F,RRRS ?1 "INT ?I~INM R (Tnn-I Wn?la W.14ic,~7 ~cciac~_ca <br /> <br />