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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.
G. P. Calame, F. D. Federighi, P. A. Ombrellaro
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 10 | Number 1 | May 1961 | Pages 31-39
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25926
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A variational procedure for calculating thermal cross sections and diffusion theory parameters is described. The method permits the calculation of an approximate lethargy-dependent Wigner Wilkins flux spectrum for a region as a linear combination of two lethargy- and temperature-dependent base spectra. The coefficients for linearly combining the base spectra are provided by the theory and once the coefficients are calculated the flux is determined. The average microscopic cross sections and diffusion theory parameters for the region are calculated from a flux weighted average of lethargy-dependent microscopic cross sections and diffusion constants. Cross sections and diffusion theory parameters calculated in this manner agree well with those obtained from the SOFOCATE code.
