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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.
Kazuo Shin, Yoshitomo Uwamino, Mitsuo Yoshida, Tomonori Hyodo, Takashi Nakamura
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 71 | Number 3 | September 1979 | Pages 294-300
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A19066
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Spectra and attenuation profiles of neutrons and gamma rays transmitted through graphite piles were measured by an organic scintillator with an n-γ discrimination technique. The neutrons and gamma rays were produced in a graphite target placed in front of the piles, which were bombarded by 52-MeV protons. The piles were 54 cm high, 90 cm wide, and 11.7, 23.5, and 44.9 cm thick. The energy spectra of neutrons and gamma rays were obtained after unfolding by the FERDO code, from pulse-height distributions. Spectra calculated by use of a Monte Carlo neutron transport code developed for neutrons of energy up to 50 MeV show good agreement with the measured spectra.