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08 Dec

Posted at 21:44h in 2016

OTTAWA, Dec. 7, 2016 /CNW/ – Nordion, a standalone business of Sterigenics International, in partnership with General Atomics (GA), welcome today’s award by the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the Phase II cooperative agreement funding…

08 Nov

Posted at 19:48h in 2016

KANATA, ON, Nov. 8, 2016 /CNW/ – Nordion and Bruce Power have entered into an agreement to secure the long-term supply of Cobalt-60 up to 2064.

The agreement extends a previous supply arrangement that would have expired at the end of 2028 and now covers the life of the four Bruce B reactors, which will operate up to 2064 once life-extension maintenance programs are completed over the next two decades. The agreement also includes the supply of medical-grade ‘High Specific Activity’ (HSA) Cobalt…

16 Aug

Posted at 15:29h in 2016

Sterigenics International and its Subsidiary Nordion Enter into Agreement to Acquire REVISS Services

KANATA, ON – August 16, 2016 – Sterigenics International LLC and subsidiary Nordion are pleased to announce that they have entered into an agreement as part of REVISS’s Solvent Members Voluntary Liquidation to purchase REVISS Services (UK) Limited…

04 Apr

Posted at 15:08h in 2016

The role of Nordion technology in preventing the spread of the Zika virus

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the global effort to combat the spread of the Zika virus is to include an important role for Cobalt-60, an isotope supplied by Nordion and produced in Bruce Power reactors.

April 4, 2016 – The Zika virus has been linked to birth defects, paralysis (Guillain-Barré syndrome) and, more recently, to a life-threatening type of brain inflammation…