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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|12:40–2:40PM EST
Session Chair:
Michael Muhlheim (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Alex Huning (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
Chase Blaeser
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Practical Insights for Assessing Multi-Unit Risk to Support Risk-Informed Decision-Making
12:40–1:10PM EST
Fernando Ferrante (EPRI), Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ken Kiper (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Carrol Trull (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Adriana A. Sivori (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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Analysis of Common Cause Failures With Effects of Degradation and Maintenance
1:10–1:40PM EST
Taotao Zhou (Univ. of Maryland), Mohammad Modarres (Univ. of Maryland), Enrique López Droguett (Univ. of Chile)
PSA-Based Seismic Margin Assessment for a New Reactor Design
1:40–2:10PM EST
Manuel Pellissetti (Framatome), Gerben Dirksen (Framatome), Artem Shevchenko (Framatome), Hugo Jadot (EDF), Romain Tricard (EDVANCE)
Shutdown Level 2 PSA Methodology for a Small Modular Reactor
2:10–2:40PM EST
Hugo da Costa Romberg Júnior (Univ. of São Paulo), Nathália Nunes Araújo (Univ. of São Paulo), Maritza Rodriguez Gual (Univ. of São Paulo), Marcos Coelho Maturana (Univ. of São Paulo), Marcelo Ramos Martins (Univ. of São Paulo)
