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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.
Shun-ichi Tanaka, Kiyoshi Takeuchi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 93 | Number 4 | August 1986 | Pages 376-385
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE86-A18473
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Detailed calculations of the buildup factors and spectra of gamma rays including fluorescence radiations in lead are carried out using a discrete ordinates code, PALLAS-PL,SP-Br. The exposure and absorbed dose buildup factors with and without fluorescence are tabulated for 11 source energies from 0.09 to 0.3 MeV for penetration depths up to 40 mfp. Important characteristics of the gamma-ray transport in the vicinity of the K edge of lead are explored using detailed energy spectra in the medium. The contribution of the fluorescence to buildup factors is extremely significant for the sources close to the K edge energy.