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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.
Thomas E. Sampson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 54 | Number 4 | August 1974 | Pages 470-474
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE54-470
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Neutron yields in UF6 arising from the 19F(α, n)22Na reaction and spontaneous fission of 238U are reported. Passive neutron counting in nearly 4π geometry was used to measure the absolute yields from eight small UF6 samples of varying isotopic composition. The specific yields for 234U and 238U are in excellent agreement with values calculated from thick target excitation functions for fluorine. The values of the specific yield from the four uranium isotopes are also in reasonable agreement with recent measurements utilizing a similar technique.