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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.
Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS 2026)
Technical Session|Sponsored by The Licensing Nexus: Proving ”Safe Enough” and “Secure Enough”
Monday, November 16, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MST|Room 2
Session Chair:
Matthew R. Denman (Kairos Power LLC)
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (North Carolina State University)
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Advancing Risk Metrics for Advanced Reactors: EPRI Methodology Development and Multi-Design Demonstration
3:15–3:35PM MST
Eric A. Thornsbury (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))
Paper
NEI 26-03: An Approach for the Assessment of Low Frequency Seismic Events as Part of a Risk-Informed Performance-Based Licensing Pathway
3:35–3:55PM MST
David Grabaskas (Argonne National Laboratory), Ben Chen (Argonne National Laboratory), Jon Facemire (Nuclear Energy Institute)
Observations on Enhanced Fire Protection Criteria for New Reactors
3:55–4:15PM MST
Franklin Hope (Jensen Hughes Inc.), Andrew R. Ratchford (Jensen Hughes), Dane Lovelace (Jensen Hughes)
Systematic Reliability Target Allocation Methodology for Advanced Non-Light-Water Reactors
4:15–4:35PM MST
Mostafa Hamza (X-energy, LLC), Karl N. Fleming (KNF Consulting Services LLC), John Beal (X-energy, LLC), Huafei Liao (X-Energy LLC), Drew Nigh (X-energy, LLC)
Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Licensing for the Xe-100
4:35–4:55PM MST
Gulcin Sarici Turkmen (X-Energy, LLC), Paolo Balestra (X-energy, LLC), Brian Froese (X-energy, LLC), Drew Nigh