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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. Van der Zwan, K. W. Geiger
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 79 | Number 2 | October 1981 | Pages 197-201
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A27408
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The four neutron groups populating the ground state and the lower three excited states of 28Si were studied with a stilbene neutron spectrometer. Total neutron cross sections were obtained from measurements at detection angles of 0, 45, 90, and 135 deg. A large number of resonances were seen, indicating many levels in 29Si. By using the reciprocity theorem, the cross sections for 28Si(n,α0)25Mg reaction were obtained and compared with those given in the literature.