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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 THD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom A
Session Chair:
Drew Ryan (NNL)
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Optical and Neutron Imaging Measurements of Gas Bubble Rise Velocity in Molten Salt
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Daniel Orea (ORNL), Kevin R. Robb (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL), James Torres (ORNL), Yuxuan Zhang (ORNL), Molly Ross (Purdue Univ.)
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Bubble Injector for Molten Salt Surrogate Fluid
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Courts H. Breeden (Virginia Polyechnic Inst & State University), Yang Liu (Virginia Tech)
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Analyzing Two-phase Frictional Pressure Losses in Horizontal and Vertical Straight Pipes
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Alicja Stoppel (Purdue Univ.), Zhengting Quan (Purdue Univ.), Adam J. Dix (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Exploratory Experiments for Local Parameter Variations in Inclined Two-phase Flows
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Adam J. Dix (Purdue Univ.), David H. Kang (Purdue Univ.), Alicja Stoppel (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Experimental Study of Upward Annular Two-Phase Flow
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Peter Iascone (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yang Liu (Virginia Tech)