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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.
Elias P. Gyftopoulos, Luis de Sobrino
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 6 | Number 2 | August 1959 | Pages 135-139
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25643
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The reactivity worth of cylindrical control rods of small cross section inserted in a cylindrical reactor is evaluated by means of a variational method. Both one-group and two-group diffusion theory are used and simple formulae are developed for a single eccentric and a concentric array of control rods. The results obtained are illustrated by means of a numerical example and compared to the results derived from other methods available in the literature.
