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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.
Herbert Rief
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 10 | Number 1 | May 1961 | Pages 83-89
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25934
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A Monte Carlo code is used to calculate the fast effect in both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. The following results are obtained: for an infinite block of natural uranium, δ28 = 0.39, ∈ = 1.247; for an infinite block of beryllium, ∈ = 1.078; for beryllium oxide, ∈ = 1.046. In addition, results are given for homogeneous mixtures of uranium and beryllium. Calculations have also been carried out for uranium-water lattices and compared with experimental results for slightly enriched uranium rods and slabs, and uranium oxide rods. Other results show the increase in ∈ when uranium fuel elements are surrounded by beryllium cladding of varying thickness.
