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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.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2026)
Technical Session|Sponsored by Thermal Hydraulics Abstracts
Wednesday, November 18, 2026|6:00–7:45AM MST|Room 2
Session Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver (Argonne National Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
Drew M. Ryan (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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Experimental Characterization of Flashing-Jet Expansion and Initial Impingement Area for PWR-type SMR Containment Pressure Analysis
6:00–6:10AM MST
Yonadan Choi (KAIST)
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Boiling Bubble Characteristics Analysis on Hypervapotron Structure for Isotope Production Facility Cooling System
6:10–6:20AM MST
PEI-HSUN HUANG (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
High Resolution Post-Critical Heat Flux Experiments to Support Time-at-Temperature
6:20–6:30AM MST
Cole J. Dunbar (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Experiments and Analysis of Steady-State Natural Circulation in Gallium Thermal-hydraulic Experiment
6:30–6:40AM MST
Broderick M. Sieh (Purdue University)
Experimental Investigation of Inlet Flow Conditions of Graphite Reflector Irradiation Positions at MURR
6:40–6:50AM MST
Sarah Geisen (University of Missouri Research Reactor)
Toward a Pressurized Downward-Facing Pool Boiling CHF Model: Quantifying Bubble-Induced Interfacial Motion via High-Speed Imaging for IVR-ERVC Assessment
6:50–7:00AM MST
Young Hee Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))
Performance of the Hypervapotron Cooling Technique Under High Heat Flux
7:00–7:10AM MST
Ranjana Rathaur (UK Atomic Energy Authority)
Impact of Geometry on Liquid Metal Mixing in Reactor Plena
7:10–7:20AM MST
Using Fiber Optic Temperature Profile to Inform Velocity Profile in Natural Convection
7:20–7:30AM MST
Wendy Breeden (VCU Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering)