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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.
L. Forman, F. A. White
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 28 | Number 1 | April 1967 | Pages 139-143
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A18677
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The thermal-neutron capture cross section of 147Sm has been measured by the mass spectrometric determination of the number of 148Sm atoms formed by neutron capture. Samples of high isotopic purity were irradiated in a well-thermalized neutron spectrum for which the time-integrated neutron flux and effective neutron temperature were monitored by the burnup in 149Sm and 157Gd. A thermal-neutron capture cross section value of 75 ± 11 b was obtained from a post-irradiation 148Sm/ 147Sm ratio of 0.00025 ± 8%, at an effective neutron temperature of 127 ± 13°C.
