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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 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom C
Session Chair:
Michael S. Smith
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jared A. Johnson
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MOOSE-Based Application for Performance Assessment of Nuclear Waste Geologic Disposal
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Ahmed G. Almetwally (Univ. Texas, Austin), Mary F. Wheeler (Univ. Texas, Austin), Rodrigo de Oliveira (INL)
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Benefits of Adapting Micro-reactors to a Continuous Recycle Fuel Cycle
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Venkata S. Vallabhaneni (University of Tennesee Knoxville), Donald Doyle (University of Tennesee Knoxville), Jason Trelewicz (Stony Brook Univ.), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Python-based Reload Optimization Framework for SIMULATE-3 with Mlrose
8:40–9:00AM CDT
James W. Carnal (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Noah Marks (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Ivan Maldonado (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Theoretical Insight Into Non-Ideal Dialkyl Phosphorus Acid Solvent Extraction Behavior
9:00–9:20AM CDT
Thomas Mallos (Colorado School of Mines), Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev (ORNL), Mark P. Jensen (Colorado School of Mines)
