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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.
W. P. Stinson, L. C. Schmid, R. E. Heineman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 7 | Number 5 | May 1960 | Pages 435-441
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE60-A25741
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Information about effective neutron temperatures has been inferred from measurements of the ratio of the thermal-fission activity of a Pu239 foil to that of a U235 foil. A discussion of the ratios obtained in various assemblies which were placed in the center of a graphite thermal column is presented. The assemblies were made of natural uranium, lead, or graphite. In some cases the assemblies were surrounded by a layer of water. The experiments were conducted at thermal-column temperatures which ranged from 18 to 640°C. The data obtained in the case of the graphite assembly are used as a calibration of the neutron temperature. To within the accuracy of the experiment, the shape of this calibration curve is the same as the shape obtained from the data of C. H. Westcott. The results, for all other cases, indicate for the range of temperatures investigated that the ratio of the thermal-column temperature to the effective neutron temperature in an assembly varies linearly with the temperature of the thermal column.
