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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.
R. C. Lloyd, E. D. Clayton, C. R. Richey
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 4 | Number 5 | November 1958 | Pages 690-697
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE58-A25556
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The graphite diffusion length was measured as a function of temperature in a 101-inch cube of graphite. A water-cooled BF3 counter was used as the neutron flux detector, with additional measurements being made with gold and indium foils. The steady state neutron flux was furnished by means of four -gram, Ra-Be neutron sources. Measurements were taken over a range of temperature from 22°C to 600°C at intervals of about 50°C. The variation of diffusion length with temperature change is in good agreement with the calculated variation assuming a 1/υ cross section for graphite and a constant transport mean free path.