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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.
P. W. Lisowski, C. D. Bowman, G. J. Russell, S. A. Wender
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 106 | Number 2 | October 1990 | Pages 208-218
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A27471
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Two neutron sources used for nuclear physics research at Los Alamos National Laboratory are described. Both are driven by the 800-MeV proton beam from the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility. The Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center is based on a moderated source that provides useful neutrons from subthermal energies to ∼100 keV and is used primarily for condensed matter research. The Weapons Neutron Research facility uses a bare target that is designed to produce fast neutrons with energies from 100 keV to 800 MeV. The characteristics of these sources, ongoing research programs, and potential directions for both the facility and the physics program, emphasizing research relevant to international fusion technology needs, are described.