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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 MCD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Avila B
Session Chair:
Sebastian Schunert (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Nick Gentile (LLNL)
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Understanding the Coupled Thermo-Mechanical with Thermal-Hydraulic Effects in Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Systems
Matt Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
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Transient Simulation of Nuclear Thermal Fuel Specimens in TREAT
Sebastian Schunert (INL), Tian Jing (INL), Mark D. DeHart (INL), Vincent M. Laboure (INL), Ching-Sheng Lin (INL)
Numerical Demonstration of Multiple Actuator Constraint Enforcement Algorithm for a Molten Salt Loop
Akshay J. Dave (ANL), Haoyu Wang (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL)
Full Core Coupled-Physics Simulation of SMR with Prescribed Flow Rate
Jun Fang (ANL), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Paul Romano (ANL), Ron Rahaman (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Steven Hamilton (ORNL)
Spatial Statistical Analysis of a Former Uranium Mine Site in Texas, USA
Mark C. Harvey (Texas Southern Univ.), Nancy L. Glenn Griesinger (Texas Southern Univ.)
