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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.
8:00AM–12:00PM EDT
Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub Room 603
Session Organizers: Carolina Dutra, David Reger
9:00AM–12:00PM EDT
Pattee and Paterno Library Room W003
Session Organizer: Aamer Bashir
1:00–4:00PM EDT
Engineering Services Building Room 122
Session Organizer: Chris Balbier
Session Organizer: Luiz Aldeia Machado
1:30–4:00PM EDT
Engineering Design and Innovation Building Room 326
Session Organizers: Carolina Dutra, Luiz Aldeia Machado
3:00–4:30PM EDT
Thomas Building Room 104
Session Organizers: Zach Van Horn, Jessi Altiero
