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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by 6. FUSION ENERGY (FED)
Monday, November 16, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MST|Room 4
Session Chair:
Kyoung Lee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Progress on Multiphysics Simulation of Fusion Superconducting Magnet Systems using MOOSE
1:00–1:20PM MST
Casey T. Icenhour (Idaho National Laboratory), Himani Mishra (Idaho National Laboratory), Evan Butterworth (Idaho National Laboratory), Stephanie A. Pitts (Idaho National Laboratory), Stephen R. Novascone (Idaho National Laboratory), David Nichols (Brigham Young University), Adriaan A. Riet (Idaho National Laboratory)
Paper
Li Stable Metal and Oxide Coated Microcell Insulators for Fusion Applications
1:20–1:40PM MST
Luke Olson (Savannah River National Laboratory - Savannah River Site), Julia Kirby (Savannah River National Laboratory), Adam Gootgeld (Savannah River National Laboratory), Andrew Zimmerman (Savannah River National Laboratory), Nicolo Moulthrop (Savannah River National Laboratory), Gabriel Acosta (Savannah River National Laboratory), Christopher Dandeneau (Savannah River National Laboratory), Thomas Volta (Savannah River National Laboratory)
Environmental Assessment of Tritium Release from Fission and Fusion Facilities[
1:40–2:00PM MST
Liliana R. Arias (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Haruko M. Wainwright (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
A Preemptive Evaluation and Recommendation on U.S. Fusion Waste Policy
2:00–2:20PM MST
Md Rafiul Abdussami (University of Michigan Ann Arbor), Noah Berlin (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Phoenix Dolby-Arnoldy (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Aditi Verma (University of Michigan)