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Westinghouse, Nordion, and PSEG team up to produce Co‑60 in the United States
This past January, Westinghouse Electric Company, Nordion, and PSEG Nuclear formalized agreements to implement newly developed cobalt-60 production technology at Units 1 and 2 of PSEG’s Salem nuclear power plant in New Jersey, with the Co-60 to be supplied to Nordion. Through an ongoing joint initiative, the companies aim to harness U.S. pressurized water reactors to produce a key medical isotope and build the first commercial-scale Co-60 production platform in the United States.
Plutonium Futures - The Science 2024
Matthew Higginson is currently principal research scientist for actinide analysis at the AWE. He has a PhD in nuclear and radiochemistry from the University of Manchester where he completed research on actinide separations from complex matrices. Following this Matthew has worked at the AWE for over a decade with his research focusing on all aspects of radio- and analytical chemistry relating to defence and nuclear forensics. He leads and has research interests in actinide analysis, radio-analytical chemistry, nuclear forensics, and actinide materials science.
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