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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. T. Thomas
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 67 | Number 3 | September 1978 | Pages 279-295
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27249
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Calculations of the effective neutron multiplication factor of critical and subcritical infinitely long cylinders of aqueous solutions of fissile materials for various configurations of water and concrete reflectors are presented. These results provide a basis for investigating the criticality of intersecting pipes with similar reflectors. An infinitely long central cylinder, with up to four intersections within each 0.46-m increment of length, was examined, and a method for evaluating the nuclear criticality safety of these configurations is given and a margin of subcriticality recommended.