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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.
E. Friedman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 19 | Number 2 | June 1964 | Pages 203-208
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE64-A28910
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A new method for measuring neutron thermalizaton parameters that was proposed on theoretical grounds is tested experimentally for H2O. The characteristic thermalization parameters in the present formulation are where are Laguerre polynomials of order unity and degree i and T is the temperature of the system expressed in energy units. The present experimental results for H2O can be described using one parameter. The result is γ11 = (0.210 ± 0.026)cm-1 for 23 C. The value of this parameter as derived from diffusion-cooling measurements lies in the range of 0.4cm-1 to 0.8cm-1. A possible explanation for this discrepancy is given. The value of γ11 as calculated on the basis of Nelkin's model is about four times higher than the present result.
