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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.
H. C. No, M. S. Kazimi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 82 | Number 3 | December 1982 | Pages 235-242
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE82-A19387
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By reviewing several publications on frictional pressure drop and interface drag in the two-phase flow of liquid metals, it is found that acceleration loss by droplets has a considerable effect on the hydraulic models, due to the high-density and the high-slip ratios. A one-dimensional, steady-state flow model is developed for vertical upward annular-dispersed flow under adiabatic conditions to account for acceleration loss by droplets. The results show that, if acceleration of droplets is considered, the two-phase multiplier and interface drag coefficient of the liquid film fall around correlations developed for ordinary fluids.