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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.
Mark T. Robinson, O. S. Oen, D. K. Holmes
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 10 | Number 1 | May 1961 | Pages 61-69
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25931
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
As an aid to the interpretation of radiation damage phenomena, calculations have been made of the energy spectrum of the fast neutrons in graphite-moderated reactor systems. A detailed study of the effect of scattering symmetry on the slowing down of neutrons from monoenergetic sources in homogeneous systems shows the importance of including a reasonably accurate representation of the scattering symmetry in estimates of fast neutron spectra. The neutron collision density and the flux density are computed for fission neutrons slowing down in an infinite, homogeneous graphite reactor. The effects of source heterogeneity are examined by applying age theoretical methods to the ORNL Graphite Reactor. The results of the calculations are in good agreement with the limited amount of experimental data available.