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Nuclear Energy Strategy announced at CNA2026
At the Canadian Nuclear Association Conference (CNA2026) in Ottawa, Ontario, on April 29, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson announced that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is developing a new Nuclear Energy Strategy for the country. The strategy, which is slated to be released by the end of this year, will be based on four objectives: 1) enabling new nuclear builds across Canada, 2) being a global supplier and exporter of nuclear technology and services, 3) expanding uranium production and nuclear fuel opportunities, and 4) developing new Canadian nuclear innovations, including in both fission and fusion technologies.
Yutaka Furuta, Yoshihiko Kanemori
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 30 | Number 2 | November 1967 | Pages 261-267
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A17336
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Gamma-ray dose rates from a 60Co cylindrical source were obtained experimentally in the radial direction at the half-height of the source. The concept of the dose buildup factor was introduced for a volume source. The dose buildup factor for a cylindrical source, which is represented as a function of the distance between source and detection point, has a value of about five at the point nearest to the source surface. The factor then decreases rapidly, passes through a minimum value, and approaches a constant value. These features were analyzed experimentally with a line and a disk source. An empirical formula for the dose buildup factor is proposed which agrees with the experimental values to within about ± 15%.
