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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.
W. H. Zinn, H. Lichtenberger, M. Novick, G. K. Whitham, C. J. B. Zitek, J. G. Feldes, V. C. Hall, Jr., R. O. Haroldsen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 1 | Number 5 | October 1956 | Pages 420-437
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE56-A28779
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The Borax-III power system operated for about 1170 hours at 300 psig. The steam generated in the reactor was fed directly to a turbine. Tests were conducted on maintaining the pH and quality of the reactor water. Checks were made on the carryover of activity into portions of the system external to the reactor vessel. Neither of these points appear to be major problems in a direct cycle boiling system. Water decomposition was measured under various water conditions.