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U.K. government to take over Hunterston B for decommissioning
Beginning April 1, the U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and its subsidiary Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) will take over the closed Hunterston B nuclear power plant for decommissioning. Located in North Ayrshire, Scotland, Hunterston B was shut down in 2022 after 46 years of service and is one of seven advanced gas-cooled reactor stations owned and operated by EDF Energy in the United Kingdom.
R. E. Lewis
Nuclear Technology | Volume 2 | Number 1 | February 1966 | Pages 33-35
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NT66-A27564
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Gold-198 with a specific activity of 370 Ci/g and containing <0.1% 199Au was produced by the epithermal neutron-capture reaction, 197Au(n,γ) 198Au. The secondary neutron-capture reaction, 198Au(n,γ)199Au, was greatly reduced by a thermal-neutron absorber—a cadmium capsule in which the samples of gold foil and gold-aluminum alloy were irradiated. High-specific-activity 198Au with <0.1% 199Au is especially useful for medical purposes.
