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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.
C. A. Anderson, Jr., T. J. Thompson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 18 | Number 4 | April 1964 | Pages 474-480
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE64-A18766
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Energy spectra of neutrons leaking from the core tank of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology heavy-water-moderated reactor have been measured with a “fast” neutron chopper. The energy range 2 × 10-3 eV to 2 × 105 eV was examined for three different fuel configurations. The spectra are fairly well described as the sum of a Maxwell-Boltzman distribution and a dE/E slowing-down distribution. The energy resolution, ΔE/E, is less than 5% at energies below 100 eV and varies as E½ above 100 eV, while the probable error in current, ΔJ/J, is less than 10% at all energies.