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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Westinghouse, Nordion, and PSEG team up to produce Co‑60 in the United States
This past January, Westinghouse Electric Company, Nordion, and PSEG Nuclear formalized agreements to implement newly developed cobalt-60 production technology at Units 1 and 2 of PSEG’s Salem nuclear power plant in New Jersey, with the Co-60 to be supplied to Nordion. Through an ongoing joint initiative, the companies aim to harness U.S. pressurized water reactors to produce a key medical isotope and build the first commercial-scale Co-60 production platform in the United States.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Technical Session
Monday, June 13, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Huntington A
Session Chair:
Erik Trask (TAE Technologies)
Alternate Chair:
Paul W. Humrickhouse
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Presentations in the Session include: * The DIII-D National Fusion Facility: Next Steps on the Reactor Path * Testing in the CHIMERA Fusion Technology Facility * Overview of the HIT-SI3 and HIT-SIU Experiments: Spheromaks Sustained with Steady, Inductive Helicity Injection (SIHI) * Preparations for DT Operations at SHINE Technologies
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The DIII-D National Fusion Facility: Next Steps on the Reactor Path
Adrianus Sips (General Atomics)
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Testing in the CHIMERA Fusion Technology Facility
Tom Barrett (UK Atomic Energy Authority), Martin Bamford (UK Atomic Energy Authority), Ben Chuilon (UK Atomic Energy Authority), Tom Deighan (UK Atomic Energy Authority), Petros Efthymiou (UK Atomic Energy Authority), Tom Grant (UK Atomic Energy Authority), David Horsley (UK Atomic Energy Authority), Damon Johnstone (UK Atomic Energy Authority), Michael Kovari (UK Atomic Energy Authority), Michelle Tindall (UK Atomic Energy Authority)
Overview of the HIT-SI3 and HIT-SIU Experiments: Spheromaks Sustained with Steady, Inductive Helicity Injection (SIHI)
Derek A. Sutherland (CTFusion), Aaron Hossack (Univ. Washington), K. D. Morgan (Univ. Washington), C.J. Hansen (Univ. Washington)
Preparations for DT Operations at SHINE Technologies
Cody Fagan (SHINE Technologies), CR Shmayda (Torion Plasma Corporation), Walter T. Shmayda (Univ. Rochester)