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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
Monday, November 8, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Mohammad Modarres (Univ Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
David Grabaskas (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
Nora Fitton
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Satisfying a Risk Limit Curve
10:10–10:40AM EST
Richard S. Denning (Consultant)
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Proposed Enhancements to the Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Regulatory Framework for Seismic Hazard Design at NRC Regulated Nuclear Power Plants
10:40–11:10AM EST
J. Stamatakos (Southwest Research Institute), B. Dasgupta (Southwest Research Institute), O. Pensado (Southwest Research Institute), N. Chokshi (Consultant), R. Budnitz (Consultant), M.K. Ravindra (Consultant)
Publication of the ASME/ANS Probabilistic Risk Assessment Standard for Advanced Non-Light Water Reactor Nuclear Power Plants
11:10–11:40AM EST
Karl Fleming (KNF Consulting Services), David Grabaskas (ANL)
Licensing Modernization Project for Operating Reactors
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Matthew Humberstone (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Alfred Hathaway (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Keith Compton (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Kurt G. Vedros (INL)
