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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 IRD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Lincolnshire 1/2
Session Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Londrea Garrett
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Liquid Centrifugation for Separating Stable Isotopes
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Yuan Yang (Columbia Univ.), Joseph Wild (Columbia Univ.)
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99Mo Production Potential from Low-Enriched and Natural Uranium in Various Reactors
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Cory Ball (Oak Ridge National Lab), Andrew J. Conant (ORNL), Noel B. Nelson (ORNL)
Yield Calculations for Holmium-166m Production in the High Flux Isotope Reactor
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Victor Bautista (ORNL)
Production Requirements and Demand Status of Certified Reference Materials for Radioactivity in Korea
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Seungho Jo (Chosun Univ.), Tae Young Kong (Chosun Univ.), Changju Song (Chosun Univ.)
Production of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radionuclides with Uranium and Thorium Molten Salt Fuel Cycles
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Erika Moss (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Texas, Austin), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), John P. Carter (INL)