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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.
J. M. Neill, J. C. Young, C. A. Preskitt, G. D. Trimble, R. C. Lloyd, C. L. Brown
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 46 | Number 2 | November 1971 | Pages 244-254
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE71-A22358
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Neutron spectrum measurements covering the range thermal to 3 keV have been made by time-of-flight in three solutions of plutonium nitrate. The concentrations and 240 Pu composition of these solutions were 197.9 g/liter at 23 wt%, 193.4 g/liter at 5 wt%, and 355.0 g/liter at 5 wt%, respectively. Flux traverses and time-dependent measurements were also made in each solution. The measured spectra have been compared to theoretical calculations using the Haywood-II scattering kernel for H bound in H2O and the ENDF/B Version I cross sections for 239Pu. A good comparison is obtained for the two lowest concentrations. The disagreements for the highest concentration are ascribed to room return effects.
