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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.
Technical Session|Waste Management
Monday, August 17, 2026|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Grand Ballroom A
Session Chair:
Tania Rivas
Alternate Chair:
Ramon M. Pulido
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Recriticality Analysis in Accidental Scenarios for PWR and BWR Casks
1:00–1:20PM CDT
García-Baonza R (CIEMAT), Alvarez-Velarde F (CIEMAT), Panizo Prieto S (CIEMAT), Martinez Moreno P (CIEMAT)
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Implementing a Protocol for Evaluating In-situ the Behavior of UO2-based Nuclear Fuels under Dry Interim Storage Conditions
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Jone M. Elorrieta (CIEMAT), Abel Milena-Pérez (CIEMAT), Sergio Fernández-Carretero (CIEMAT), Luis Gutiérrez-Nebot (CIEMAT), Iván Sánchez-García (CIEMAT), Nieves Rodríguez-Villagra (CIEMAT), Hitos Galán (CIEMAT)
Decay Heat Characterization for Different Nuclear Data Libraries using CASMO5
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Sofia Portolan (PSI), Dimitri Rochman (Nagra), Julien Taforeau (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire et de radioprotection (ASNR)), Teodosi Simeonov (Studsvik Scandpower), Alexander Vasiliev (PSI), Andreas Pautz (PSI)
