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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 RPSD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair:
Moataz Harb
Alternate Chair:
Tucker C. McClanahan
Session Organizer:
Irina I. Popova
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Enhanced Ray Tracing for Point Kernel Code Poker through Hardware-accelerated OptiX SDK
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Junyi Chen (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University), Chenghao Cao (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University), Shaoning Shen (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University), Jingang Liang (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University)
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Enhancing MCNP Visualization: A Native 3D Geometry Rendering Tool
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Jeremy E. Sweezy (LANL)
NV-Explore: 3D Radiation Mapping for Dose Estimation in Hazardous Environments
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Jonathan Wright (Createc), Rosemary Lester (Createc)
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