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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.
Plenary Session
Wednesday, September 11, 2024|2:00–3:00PM EDT|Colonial Ballroom
Session Chair:
Marisa Monreal (LANL)
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Dr. Matthew HigginsonAWE
Matthew Higginson will complement the Detection and Analysis sessions with a discussion of "Developments in Accelerating and Improving Plutonium Analysis at the AWE."
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Developments in Accelerating and Improving Plutonium Analysis at the AWE
M.A. Higginson (AWE), P. Kaye (AWE), T. Shaw (AWE), S. Dunn (AWE), L. Ingman (AWE), A. Shilling (AWE), C. Puxley (AWE), S. Dare (AWE), K. Woods (AWE), J. King (AWE), T. Piper (AWE), P. Thompson (AWE)
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