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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.
Louis M. Shotkin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 18 | Number 2 | February 1964 | Pages 271-279
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE64-A18327
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A nonlinear analysis of parameter regions in the “two-temperature” reactor stability problem is accomplished using methods developed in the USSR for treating ordinary differential equations. It is shown that in a model where both temperature-dependent quantities obey Newton's law of cooling, stable limit cycles exist and centers do not exist. If one of the quantities obeys an adiabatic cooling law, centers exist and stable limit cycles do not exist. Solutions with finite escape time are found to exist for certain sets of parameters and initial conditions. Finally, when at least one linear characteristic root vanishes, it is shown that a first integral exists and that it is possible to discuss reactor behavior in terms of this integral.