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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.
J. C. Young, G. D. Trimble, J. M. Neill, G. K. Houghton, D. H. Houston, J. R. Beyster
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 28 | Number 2 | May 1967 | Pages 259-269
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A17476
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Quasi-infinite medium neutron spectra have been measured as a function of moderator temperature and poison concentrations in water. Three different poisons were used: a l/υ absorber (boron), and the resonance absorbers erbium and gadolinium. These measurements were performed utilizing the General Atomic Linac and standard time-of-flight techniques. The temperature range covered was from ambient to about 300°C. The measurements were compared to the latest theoretical models using the best known calculational techniques available. The scattering kernel based on the modified Haywood frequency spectra and computed by the GASKET-FLANGE computer codes appears to give the best agreement with the experimental data.