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Nuclear Energy Strategy announced at CNA2026
At the Canadian Nuclear Association Conference (CNA2026) in Ottawa, Ontario, on April 29, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson announced that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is developing a new Nuclear Energy Strategy for the country. The strategy, which is slated to be released by the end of this year, will be based on four objectives: 1) enabling new nuclear builds across Canada, 2) being a global supplier and exporter of nuclear technology and services, 3) expanding uranium production and nuclear fuel opportunities, and 4) developing new Canadian nuclear innovations, including in both fission and fusion technologies.
Moses A. Greenfield, Roscoe L. Koontz, Alan A. Jarrett
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 4 | Number 4 | October 1958 | Pages 563-569
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE58-A28832
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The method for computing absolute thermal neutron flux from measurements made with activated indium foils is described. By combining data from the counting rate of indium foils in 2π proportional counters with appropriate corrections for foil weights and neutron effects, the thermal flux is expressed in terms of σO, the thermal absorption cross section of In115. This procedure may be used by laboratories which do not have access to a standard graphite pile or to a standard neutron source. This method has an estimated error of less than 5% which is a function of the accuracy with which it is possible to determine the various correction factors for beta counting. A possible fixed error in the value of σO can easily be corrected for and incorporated into the methods used.