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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.
Theodore R. Schmidt, David L. Hetrick
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 42 | Number 1 | October 1970 | Pages 1-9
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE70-A19320
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The space-independent reactor kinetics equations with two reactivity feedbacks are analyzed for stability and nonlinear oscillations. Expressions are derived using Fourier series methods for determining the frequency and fundamental amplitudes of the oscillations in reactivity and power. These results are compared with exact solutions of the system equations and agree in all cases for equilibrium power levels near the critical power level. The system of equations is examined for the effect of delayed neutrons on oscillatory solutions. When delayed neutrons are included, unstable limit cycles are found as well as stable limit cycles.