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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.
D. R. Alexander, Y. K. Peng
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 70 | Number 2 | May 1979 | Pages 184-191
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A19651
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The time-dependent unseparated six delayed neutron group yields are calculated for thermal-neutron fission of 235U. These calculations are based on a recent reference set of delayed neutron precursors, available fission data, and fission systematics. The unseparated calculated time-dependent group yields are compared with separated group yields (groups based on half-life values) and the experimental unseparated group yields. The comparisons indicate the magnitude of the error involved when separated group yields are used for evaluating the accuracy of delayed neutron data. A total delayed neutron yield of 160.62 ± 11.52 per 104 fissions was obtained for thermal-neutron fission of 235U.