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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.
Executive Session|Panel
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|South Seas D
Session Chair:
Andrew Smith (Director of Communications for the American Nuclear Society)
The United States joined a coalition of over twenty countries at last year’s 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to commit to a tripling of the world’s nuclear generation capacity by 2050. The coalition also called on international financial institutions like the World Bank and IMF to end finance bans for nuclear energy projects and to craft nuclear-inclusive lending policies. What role do global conferences and summits have in meeting sustainability goals? How does nuclear energy remain part of the solution set in international discussions on finance, infrastructure, and climate change? What lies ahead for COP29 and beyond?
Camilla Hoflund
President and CEO Studsvik
Carl Kress
Regional Director, Worldwide Energy Sector Team Leader at U.S. Trade and Development Agency
David Livingston
Innovation & Sustainability Fellow, U. of Southern California and Former Sr. Advisor, U.S. Climate Envoy
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