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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Reimagining nuclear materials for the future of medicine
Nuclear medicine has come a long way since Henri Becquerel first observed the penetrating energy of radioactive materials in 1896. Today, technetium-99m alone is used in more than 40 million diagnostic procedures every year—from cardiovascular imaging and bone scans to cancer detection—making it the undisputed workhorse of nuclear medicine. That single statistic tells you something important: An enormous portion of modern diagnostic medicine rests on a surprisingly narrow foundation, one built around a small number of aging research reactors that were never originally designed for continuous isotope production.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine A
Session Chair:
Junghyun Bae
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Andrew Worrall
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RAMT-PSA© -- An Emerging Tool for Radioactive Material Transportation Probabilistic Safety Assessment to Support Decision-Making
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Manorma Kumar (Technical Univ. Catalonia), Guillem Cortes-Rossell (Technical Univ. Catalonia)
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Development of a Functions and Requirements Document for a SNF Transportation Package Performance Demonstration
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Laura Hay (PNNL), Steven Maheras (PNNL), Miriam Juckett (PNNL), Harold Adkins Jr. (PNNL), Erica Bickford (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Gerard Jackson (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Douglas Ammerman (Sandia), Kevin J. Connolly (ORNL)
Process Intensification for Recovery of Uranium from Spent Fuel Using DEHiBA
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Gregg J. Lumetta (PNNL), Gabriel B. Hall (PNNL), Nathan P. Bessen (PNNL), Daria Boglaienko (PNNL), Amy L. Speelman (PNNL)
Isotope Recovery from UNF Recycling and Transmutation
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Ross Radel (SHINE Technologies), Tracy Radel (SHINE Technologies), Yana Karslyan (SHINE Technologies)