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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.
M. L. Bleiberg
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 5 | Number 2 | February 1959 | Pages 78-87
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25560
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Uranium-molybdenum alloys have been shown to transform from the stable to the metastable phase due to neutron bombardment. This phenomenon has been explained on the basis of the smoothing out of concentration gradients due to the action of “displacement spikes” or “thermal pulses” generated within the sample. A kinetic study of this reaction in U-9 w/o Mo alloy specimens was performed in which the phase reversal was followed by electrical resistivity measurements on the samples while they were being irradiated and held at low temperatures in-pile. The special facility which was constructed to perform this work, as well as the results of the first in-pile experiment, are described. The results of this test are felt to verify the displacement spike model of radiation damage.