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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|Sponsored by ANSTD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|8:00–9:45AM EST|Biscayne 2
Session Chair:
Jeffrey C. King
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Richard H. Howard
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Ensuring Mission Success -- Space Fission Reactor Systems
8:00–8:20AM EST
Brandon Mead (BWXT Advanced Technologies), Neil Herman (BWXT Advanced Technologies), Grant Davis (BWXT Advanced Technologies), Anthony Case (BWXT Advanced Technologies)
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MCNP/NJOY Silicon Damage Function Synthesis and 1 MeV Equivalent Test Fluence Optimization
8:20–8:40AM EST
Joseph Johnson (Univ. Utah), Taylor Kimball (Univ. Utah), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah)
Impact of SiO2 Cross Sections on Asteroid Deflection
8:40–9:00AM EST
Martin Schulc (Research Centre Rez), Tomas Czakoj (Research Centre Rez), Alena Krechlerova (Research Centre Rez), Zdenek Matej (Masaryk Univ.), Michal Kostal (Research Centre Rez)
