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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 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Malibu
Session Chair:
Richard Howard (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Troy Munro
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Mesoscale Model of Gas Bubble Evolution and Creep in Monolithic UMo Fuels
Shenyang Hu (PNNL), Benjamin Beeler (NCSU)
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MiniFuel Experimental Capability at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Annabelle G. Le Coq (ORNL), Ryan C. Gallagher (ORNL), Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Jason M. Harp (ORNL), Kory D. Linton (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
In-Situ TEM Ion Irradiation of Oxidized Nickel Based X-750 Alloy
Angelica M. Lopez (NCSU), Martin Owusu-Mensaha (NCSU), Djamel Kaoumi (NCSU)
Thermal Model of Oxide Growth for Full Size Fuel Plate Experiments in the Advanced Test Reactor
Grant Hawkes (INL), Hikaru Hiruta (INL)
