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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|11:00AM–12:45PM MST|Room 2
Session Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver (Argonne National Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
Drew M. Ryan (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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Explainable Surrogate-to-Solver Switching for Hybrid ML–CFD Simulations via Sparse Identification of Governing Equations
11:00–11:10AM MST
Dong-Hun Shin (KAIST)
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Data-Driven Analysis of Quenching Behavior under Low-Flooding-Rate DFFB-Dominant Conditions in the RBHT Experiments
11:10–11:20AM MST
Michael P. Riley (Penn State University)
Data-Driven Analysis of Quenching Behavior under High-Flooding-Rate IAFB-Dominant Conditions in the RBHT Experiments
11:20–11:30AM MST
Yue Jin (University of Missouri Columbia)
Reduced Order Model for Air Ingress Transition to Natural Circulation in a High Temperature Helium Loop
11:30–11:40AM MST
Qi Heng Law (Purdue University)
Texas Digital Twin Initiative: Order Reduction Method for Natural Circulation Loops
11:40–11:50AM MST
Andres N. Fierro Lopez (University of Texas - Austin)
Application of Digital Twins for Natural Thermal Convection Loops
11:50AM–12:00PM MST
Cole A. Gentry (University of Texas at Austin)
Recent Progress in PIRT and Scaling Assessment Supporting AP300 SMR Development
12:00–12:10PM MST
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Company)
Studying Thermal Transient Behavior Within a Surrogate Fluid Thermal Convective Loop For Molten Salt Application
12:10–12:20PM MST
Jerel W. Houston (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Initial Operation of the Salt Twin Natural Circulation Loop for Digital Twin Validation
12:20–12:30PM MST
Timothy L. Head (Abilene Christian University)