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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 OPD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|San Simeon A
Session Chair:
Temi Adeyeye (NuScale Power)
Alternate Chair:
Tejaswini Vaidya (Univ. Idaho)
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (ANL)
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Proposed Ranking Framework for Advanced Reactors and Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage
Jaron Wallace (Brigham Young Univ.), C. J. Hirschi (Brigham Young Univ.), Matthew Memmott (Brigham Young Univ.)
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Replacing Crude Oil with Nuclear-Assisted Biofuels
C.W. Forsberg (MIT), B.E. Dale (Michigan State Univ.)
A High Temperature Gas Reactor Integrated Energy System Using Energy Storage as a Buffer for Hydrogen Production
Daniel Mikkelson (INL), Konor Frick (INL)
A Techno-Economic Analysis of Chemical Heat Pumps Coupled with Conventional Nuclear Reactors for Integrated Energy Systems
Aman Gupta (Univ. Idaho), Paul D. Armatis (Oregon State ), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Brian M. Fronk (Oregon State ), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)
The Techno-Economics of a Chemical-Absorption Heat Pump for Heat Upgrade in an Integrated Energy System
Paul D. Armatis (Oregon State ), Aman Gupta (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho), Brian M. Fronk (Oregon State )
