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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 MSTD
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Michigan/Michigan State
Session Chair:
Haiyan N. Zhao
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Preliminary Study for Cr-coating Effect on Burst Behavior under Simulated LOCA Conditions
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Samuel Benda (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Thomas Demo (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hwasung Yeom (Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Microstructural Evolution of Cr-coated Zr-alloy Using Different Concentrations of Deep Eutectic Solvent: A Detailed Microscopic and Spectroscopic Analyses
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Ghadeer H. Mohamed (Khalifa Univ.), Karuppasamy Karuppasamy (Khalifa Univ.), Saeed A. Ameri (Khalifa Univ.), Akram AlFantazi (Khalifa Univ.)
Preliminary Study on Hoop Tensile Properties of Cr-coated SiC-SiCf Composite Cladding
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Dong Il Shim (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hwasung Yeom (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Sarah Oswald (General Atomics), Christian Deck (General Atomics), Woo H. Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Analysis of the Time Available in TLFW Sequences in PWR NPPs with ATF
4:15–4:35PM CDT
David Canal (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Cesar Queral (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Emilio Castro (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Jorge Sanchez-Torrijos (NFQ Advisory Services)
Initial Investigation of Tensile C-Ring Pull Test for SiC/SiC Composite Cladding
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Spencer T. Doran (Oregon State), Joel Kosmatka (General Atomics), David M. Frazer (General Atomics), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)