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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
Wednesday, November 10, 2021|8:00–10:00AM EST
Session Chair:
Mohammad Modarres (Univ Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang (RPI)
Session Producer:
John Greenwood
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Review of Operating Experience and Fragility Development During Flooding Incidents at Nuclear Power Stations
8:00–8:30AM EST
Joy Shen (Univ. of Maryland), Michelle Bensi (Univ. of Maryland), Mohammad Modarres (Univ. of Maryland)
Paper
Development of Generic Fire Ignition Frequency Distributions for Japanese Nuclear Power Plants
8:30–9:00AM EST
Yasunori Nagata (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Tsuyoshi Uchida (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Tomoaki Yoshida (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Koji Shirai (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
Effect of Frequency Contents of Seismic Ground Motion on NPP Equipment
9:00–9:30AM EST
Na-Hyun Kim (KAERI), Tae-Hyun Kwon (KAERI), In-Kil Choi (KAERI)
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees)
Prediction of Floor Response During Earthquakes in Long-Term Operation of Nuclear Power Plant Using Artificial Neural Networks
9:30–10:00AM EST
Jeong-Gon Ha (KAERI), Tae-Hyun Kwon (KAERI)
