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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.
March 15–19, 2020
ICAPP 2020 has cancelled due to Public Health and Safety Concerns with regards to the Covid-19 outbreak. New information will be posted to the website once confirmed.
Abu Dhabi, UAE
General Chairs:
Mohamed Chookah
Jacopo Buongiorno (Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Philip Beeley (Khalifa University of Science, Technol)
Program Chairs:
Youssef Shatilla (Prof. & Dean of Academic Programs, Masdar Institute of Science & Technology)
Travis Knight (Professor and Director, University of South Carolina)