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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|Advanced Reactors
Monday, August 17, 2026|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Promenade Ballroom B
Session Chair:
Logan M. Scott (ORNL)
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Microreactor Deployment Strategies: Fuel Cycle Synergies and Supply Chain Challenges
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Dandara Araujo da Silva (International Atomic Energy Agency), Anzhelika Khaperskaia (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Paper
Spherical Reactor Geometry in Micro-High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors with Composite Moderating Materials
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Donald L. Doyle (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Jason Trelewicz (Stony Brook University)
Assessment of Fuel Cycle Strategies for the Mizton Multipurpose Fast Microreactor
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Juan Luis Francois (UNAM), Emiliano Morones-García (UNAM)
Enabling Reactor Monitoring through Ex-Core Neutron Detection
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Ming Fang (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Alvin J. Lee (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Bruce Beaumont (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Anshuman Chaube (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Harun Ardiansyah (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Keenan Harvis (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Timothy Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (University of Illinois), Tomasz Kozlowski (University of Illinois), Angela Di Fulvio (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
Transport Security for Microreactors
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Yung Y. Liu (ANL), B. Craig (ANL), Zenghu Han (ANL)