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May 31–June 3, 2026
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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|Panel|Sponsored by HFICD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|El Capitan B
Session Chair:
Edward L. Quinn
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Richard T. Wood
Major activities in updating standards for digital I&C are occurring worldwide, for both operating reactor upgrades and also SMR and advanced reactor deployment. This panel will focus on the standard updates and new standards and regulations that are being issued to address the multiple regulatory frameworks in the U.S. and around the world. Panelists will represent the standards organizations (ANS, IEEE, IEC) as well as regulators, NEI and international for the range of subjects that are included in these upgrades including Defense-In-Depth and Diversity, Human Factors Engineering and advanced methods of applying risk insights.
Edward Quinn
Paragon Energy Solutions
Richard Wood
Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville
Michael Rowland
Sandia
Alan Campbell
Nuclear Energy Institute