Westinghouse To Partner With Nordion On Cobalt-60 Production In PWRs | |||
Sources | NUCNET | ||
---|---|---|---|
Sources URL | https://www.nucnet.org/news/westinghouse-to-partner-with-nordion-on-cobalt-60-production-in-pwrs-2-4-2020 | ||
Date of Registration | 2020-03-16 | Views | 1 |
- Details
-
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a partnership with Canada’s Nordion to develop new isotope production technology, which is expected to allow cobalt-60 to be produced in pressurised water reactors (PWRs). Westinghouse said in a statement that the partnership would help increase the supply of cobalt-60, which is used in medical devices, brain cancer treatment, and reduction of pathogens in foodstuffs.