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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.
Hiroshi Takahashi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 5 | Number 5 | May 1959 | Pages 338-346
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25607
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The thermal neutron energy spectrum in a homogeneous medium has been studied by many authors. In case of heterogeneous reactors, the absorption in fuels is so strong that the thermal neutron energy spectrum in the fuel will have a higher energy than in the moderator. The different temperatures of these media will also cause a difference of spectra. The thermal neutron energy spectra of each medium in a heterogeneous reactor are studied in this paper. The thermal neutron energy spectrum and the neutron temperature in light-water moderated and UO2 fueled reactors were calculated by a numerical method and the approximate Wigner-Wilkins method.
