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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:
Fernando Ferrante (EPRI)
Alternate Chair:
Mihai Diaconeasa (North Carolina State U)
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
Nora Fitton
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Insights From Implementing a Fire PRA Training During Extended Telecommuting Situation
8:00–8:30AM EST
Young G. Jo (Southern Nuclear Operating Co.)
Paper
Visualization and Automation of Fire Modeling Using Fire Risk Investigation in 3D (FRI3D)
8:30–9:00AM EST
Steven Prescott (INL), Robby Christian (INL), John Biersdorf (INL), Kurt Vedros (INL), Ramprasad Sampath (Centroid Lab)
Risk-Informing Nuclear Facility Emergency Preparedness
9:00–9:30AM EST
F. Gregory Hudson (Metcalfe), Ronald J. Markovich (Contingency Management Consulting Group)
Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment on Pre-Operational Plant
9:30–10:00AM EST
Michele L. Reed (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Young G. Jo (Southern Nuclear Operating Co.)
