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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.
L. F. Hansen, S. M. Grimes, R. J. Howerton, J D. Anderson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 61 | Number 2 | October 1976 | Pages 201-211
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A27353
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Neutron emission spectra from targets bombarded by 14-MeV neutrons have been calculated using three nuclear models. The elements studied included aluminum, iron, copper, nickel, and niobium and were selected because of their potential importance in fusion reactor design and because measured cross sections and evaluated cross-section libraries were available for comparison with the calculations. Contributions from statistical, pre-equilibrium, and direct reactions are included to achieve a good fit to the data. The calculated spectra are also compared with the predictions of the ENDF/B-IV and the Livermore ENDL neutron libraries.