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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 HFICD
Monday, June 13, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|El Capitan B
Session Chair:
Daniel Cole (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
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Human Performance Analysis Depending on Expertise and Simulator Complexity
Taewon Yang (Chosun Univ.), Jooyoung Park (INL), Ronald Boring (INL), Jonghyun Kim (Chosun Univ.)
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Fault Detection During Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing
G.W. Morton (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), B.D. Shumaker (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), D.E. McCarter (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
Presented by Adam Deatherage (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
Characterizing the Electromagnetic Environment Within Nuclear Power Plants
Chad J. Kiger (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Morgan F. Berg (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Ryan A. Kettle (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Whitney T. Kirby (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
Staffing Minimization for Micro-Reactors
Isabel Naranjo De Candido (MIT), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT)
A Decision Theoretic Framework to Developing Autonomous Control in Advanced Reactors
Birdy Phathanapirom (ORNL), Xingang Zhao (ORNL), Jordan Rader (ORNL)