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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 ETWDD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Great America 1/2
Session Chair:
Lori Brady
Alternate Chair:
Sukesh K. Aghara
Session Organizer:
Kyle C. Hartig
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Regimes of Applicability for Nuclear Reactor Cost Estimation Methodologies
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical LLC), Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical LLC), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Development of the PRIME Methodology for Nuclear Reactor Cost Estimation
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Rohan Milind Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical LLC), Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical LLC), Abdalla About-Jaoude (INL), Levi Larsen (INL)
Small Modular Reactors: Opportunities and Impacts for Indiana
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.), Ryan Gallagher (Purdue Univ.), Indraneel Kumar (Purdue Center), Kara A. Salazar (Purdue Univ.), Tamara Ogle (Purdue Univ.), Michael D. Wilcox (Purdue Univ.), Anne Lucietto (Purdue Univ.), Taek K. Kim (ANL), Becca Gillespie (Energy Systems Network), Paul Mitchell (Energy Systems Network), Burton Brooklyn (Ivy Tech Comm. College of Indiana), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Sustainable Energy Marketplace and Societal Readiness
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Hyungjin Kim (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State), Nonna Sorokina (Penn State), Darshana Sunoj (Penn State)
