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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.
Toshinari Hasegawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Satoru Nagasumi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Takahiro Nemoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kunihiro Nakajima (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Keisuke Yokoyama (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yusuke Fujiwara (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Ryoki Arakawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kazuhiko Iigaki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Hiroyuki Inoi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Taiki Kawamoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 290-299
