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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|Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation
Tuesday, August 18, 2026|1:30–3:15PM CDT|Promenade Ballroom C
Session Chair:
Logan Scott (ORNL)
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Advanced Reactor Safeguards and Security: A Changing Regulatory Landscape
1:30–1:50PM CDT
Benjamin B. Cipiti (Sandia)
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U.S. DOE/NE MPACT Program Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities
1:50–2:10PM CDT
Michael Browne (LANL), Tansel Selekler (DOE Office of Nuclear Energy), Makayla Sanchez, Colin Carroll (BNL)
Development of IAEA Verification Parameters for HALEU as a Direct-Use Material
2:10–2:30PM CDT
Edwin S. Lyman (Union Of Concerned Scientists), Christopher Fichtlscherer (MIT)
Generic Design Recommendations to Improve Intrinsic Proliferation Resistance of Advanced Reactors
2:30–2:50PM CDT
Karen K. Hogue (ORNL), Sunil S. Chirayath (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), David Chandler, Thomas Hanlon (Y-12 National Security Complex)
Thermal Response of Silicon Photomultiplier Technologies for Safeguards Applications
2:50–3:10PM CDT
Jacob Fritchie (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Grant Roche (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angela Di Fulvio (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Gabriela Gariazzo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
