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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.
Edward Garelis, John L. Russell, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 16 | Number 3 | July 1963 | Pages 263-270
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE63-A26529
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A new method of utilizing pulsed neutron source measurements for the determination of the subcriticality of an assembly directly in terms of dollars is proposed. Essentially, the method determines the parameter (kβ/l) using the complete response curve of a repetitively pulsed assembly after the quasi-equilibrium state has been attained. This value of (kβ/l) coupled with the usual α-measurement, assuming the prompt decay constant to be dominant, yields the reactivity directly. The analytical model is based on a bare one-group diffusion theory system with m-delayed precursors. The application of these results to experiment shows that their applicability is much broader than the simple analytical model would indicate.