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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.
J. J. Ullo and M. Goldsmith
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 60 | Number 3 | July 1976 | Pages 239-250
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A26881
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Monte Carlo analysis of the measurements of Smith et al. of the number of fission neutrons produced per neutron absorbed, η, for 2200 m/sec neutrons absorbed by 233U and 235U yields: = 2.2993 ± 0.0082 and = 2.0777 ± 0.0064. The standard deviations include Monte Carlo, cross-section, and experimental uncertainties. The Monte Carlo analysis was confirmed by calculating measured quantities used by the experimentalists in determining η2200.
