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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 7. HUMAN FACTORS, INSTRUMENTATION, AND CONTROLS (HFICD)
Wednesday, November 18, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MST|Room 3
Session Chair:
JungHyun Bae (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Alternate Chair:
Daniel C. Sweeney (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Measuring Molten Salt Flow by Lorentz Force Velocimetry
1:00–1:20PM MST
Neil Jarvis (Brigham Young University), Ricky Kelsey (Brigham Young University), Ammon Stacey (Brigham Young University), Daniel Bennion (Brigham Young University), Calvin Clawson (Brigham Young University), Hongjuan Ran (Brigham Young University)
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Audio Classification for Out-of-Band Co-witnessing of Microreactor System Health with Distributed Acoustic Sensing
1:20–1:40PM MST
Zaid Salameh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brandon Schreiber (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Steve Sherwood (Oak Ridge National Lab), Daniel C. Sweeney (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
In-Rod Sensor System Overview, Benefits and Fuel Pellet Temperature Measurement Test Results
1:40–2:00PM MST
Jorge V. Carvajal (Westinghouse Electric Co), Shawn C. Stafford (Westinghouse), Paul Sirianni, Jeffrey L. Arndt (Westinghouse), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Company), John Abel (Westinghouse Electric Co), Olivia Sobek (Westinghouse Electric Co), Nicola G. Arlia (Westinghouse Electric Company), Jeffrey A. Geuther (Pennsylvania State University), Daniel Beck (Penn State University)
High-Resolution Muon Tomography System
2:00–2:20PM MST
Matthew Romano (University of Wisconsin-Madison), JungHyun Bae (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Resonant Two-photon Absorption for Enhanced LIBS Detection of Low-Z Impurities for Liquid Metal-Cooled Reactors Monitoring
2:20–2:40PM MST
Leandro Frigerio (University of Michigan), Milos Burger, Adam Burak (University of Michigan), Vincent Gardette (University of Michigan)