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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.
Toshikazu Takeda, Hironobu Unesaki, Toshihisa Yamamoto, Keisho Shirakata
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 98 | Number 2 | February 1988 | Pages 128-137
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE88-A28492
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Two-dimensional heterogeneity effects on cell-averaged cross sections and diffusion coefficients have been estimated. Both of the heterogeneity effects caused by the flux fine structure and the resonance shielding are taken into account. The accuracy of several one-dimensional cell models is assessed by comparing cell parameters obtained from one- and two-dimensional cell calculations. The two-dimensional cell heterogeneity effects on core performance parameters have been evaluated for the large fast critical assembly ZPPR-9. The Zebra CADENZA plate-pin experiments have been analyzed using the two-dimensional cell model, and the usefulness of the two-dimensional cell calculation is discussed.