ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
Latest Magazine Issues
Sep 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
October 2026
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
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.
Richard M. Bidwell, Walter R. Wykoff
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 1 | Number 6 | December 1956 | Pages 443-451
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE56-A18459
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The Parasite Reactor is a 1-liter pressure bomb for phase studies under irradiation at temperatures and pressures up to at least 400°C and 5000 psi. Provision was made for sampling of solid, liquid, and gas phases for analysis. Power output was measured. Yields of radiolytic gases were calculated. It was established that uranyl nitrate solutions are sufficiently stable up to 248°C to be used for a proposed high-pressure Water Boiler reactor.