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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.
L. D. Reed, K. W. Lee, J. A. Gieseke
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 75 | Number 2 | August 1980 | Pages 167-180
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE80-A21306
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The behavior of contained aerosols following a hypothetical accident of a liquid-metal fast breeder reactor is analyzed. The effects of turbulent coagulation, thermophoretic deposition, and reduced agglomerate density are included in the analysis. The method of moments is utilized as a solution procedure and is discussed in some detail. Calculated results are compared with previous laboratory measurements. The predictions of the suspended aerosol concentration are found to be somewhat conservative but in general agreement with experimental results.