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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.
Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|8:00–9:45AM EST |Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Miles van Noordennen
Alternate Chair:
Nadia S. Glucksberg
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Broderick Sieh
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Politics and Isotopes: 10 Years After Fukushima and the Politics of Tritium
8:05–8:25AM EST
Paul T. Dickman (ANL)
Paper
Transition from Nuclear Operations to Decommissioning Safety Culture
8:25–8:45AM EST
Lynne S. Goodman (Marathon Consulting Group), Philip Chase (Marathon Consulting Group)
Development of an Integrated Decommissioning Cost Estimate Method
8:45–9:05AM EST
Gerald E. Williams (Enercon Services), Charles Beatty (Enercon Services), Michael Snyder (Enercon Services)
Ultrasonic Cleaning of Pipes and Tools
9:05–9:25AM EST
Jeremy Buck (Kinectrics)
