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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Reimagining nuclear materials for the future of medicine
Nuclear medicine has come a long way since Henri Becquerel first observed the penetrating energy of radioactive materials in 1896. Today, technetium-99m alone is used in more than 40 million diagnostic procedures every year—from cardiovascular imaging and bone scans to cancer detection—making it the undisputed workhorse of nuclear medicine. That single statistic tells you something important: An enormous portion of modern diagnostic medicine rests on a surprisingly narrow foundation, one built around a small number of aging research reactors that were never originally designed for continuous isotope production.
Panel and Technical Session|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Friday, April 14, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 262B
Session Chair:
Katie Karl (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Jonathan Norman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Advanced Manufacturing to Investigate SiC Matrix TRISO Crack Propagation in Future Reactors
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Spencer T. Doran (Oregon State), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)
Paper
Effects of High-Temperature Excursions and Water Quenching on Zr-702
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Victoria Davis (ANL), Caleb T. King (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Christian England (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos E. Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Reza Mohammadi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Gamma Irradiation of Injection Molded Polymers
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Sidney A. Hall-Smith (US Naval Academy), Elizabeth Getto (US Naval Academy), Peter Joyce (US Naval Academy)
High-Throughput Study for Examining Void Swelling Behavior in Ion Irradiated SS304
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Bao-Phong H. Nguyen (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Adrien Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)