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Nuclear Energy Strategy announced at CNA2026
At the Canadian Nuclear Association Conference (CNA2026) in Ottawa, Ontario, on April 29, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson announced that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is developing a new Nuclear Energy Strategy for the country. The strategy, which is slated to be released by the end of this year, will be based on four objectives: 1) enabling new nuclear builds across Canada, 2) being a global supplier and exporter of nuclear technology and services, 3) expanding uranium production and nuclear fuel opportunities, and 4) developing new Canadian nuclear innovations, including in both fission and fusion technologies.
R. W. Stoughton, J. Halperin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 2 | Number 4 | July 1957 | Pages 481-487
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE57-A25412
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Effective reactor capture cross section values for Pu240 were calculated both from experimental plutonium isotopic ratios and from the resonance parameters for the 1 ev resonance. Both methods gave values of about 1200 barns for highly dilute Pu as contrasted to values of about 500 barns which have been reported for reirradiated Pu samples. The 1200 barn figure is consistent with a 2200 meter per second cross section of about 340 barns and a resonance integral of about 8300 barns.
