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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.
E. S. Byron, F. O. VonPlinsky, S. W. Porembka
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 6 | Number 5 | November 1959 | Pages 361-370
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25672
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This study was undertaken to evaluate Zircaloy-2 clad titanium-base dispersions containing enriched boron or enriched titanium diboride as possible control materials. Results of corrosion tests of the nonirradiated dispersions indicated that cladding with a corrosion resistant material was necessary. Roll bonding Zircaloy-2 cladding to titanium-base dispersions was shown to be feasible through a study of the integrity, corrosion resistance, and bend properties of the clad dispersions. Clad separation and excessive swelling were noted in the samples of clad titanium-base dispersions containing 5 w/o enriched boron which were irradiated for long exposures. The clad 34 w/o enriched titanium diboride dispersion irradiated to nearly the same exposures showed no visual evidence of clad cracking or excessive swelling. Metallographic examination after irradiation, which was confined to the 5 w/o enriched boron dispersion, revealed internal cracking and bond line damage with the severity of damage increasing with increasing irradiation exposure.