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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
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Houston/Kansas City
Session Chair:
Simon Pimblott (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Impact of Thermal Reactor Radiation on Power Converter Circuit Performance
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Matthew M. Niichel (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
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An Overview of Sodium Research at Oregon State University
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Jack Lewis (Oregon State), Guillaume P. Mignot (Oregon State)
Liquid Sodium In-Situ Mechanical Testing
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Andrew W. Canjar (Oregon State), Guillaume P. Mignot (Oregon State), Oden Armstrong (Oregon State)
Dynamic Strain Aging and Serrated Flow Behavior in FeCrAl Kanthal® APMT Alloy for Nuclear Cladding Applications
9:00–9:20AM CDT
Mahmoud Y. Hawary (NCSU), Abdullah S. Alomari (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), K. Linga Murty (NCSU)
Facility Design to Evaluate CRUD Deposition on ATF Cladding Material
9:20–9:40AM CDT
Matt G. Lindsay (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Tiago A. Moreira (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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