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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 12. NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS SAFETY (NISD)
Wednesday, November 18, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MST|Room 8
Session Chair:
Yunfei Zhao (University of Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
Robert Kile (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Safety and Licensing Considerations for In-Vessel CRDMs in PWR-Type SMRs
10:00–10:20AM MST
Dongyeong Heo (POSTECH (Pohang university of Science and Technology)), Hwasung Yeom (POSTECH (Pohang university of Science and Technology))
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Development of a Post-Processing Tool for Dynamic Event Tree Analysis with Thermal-Hydraulic Simulation Results
10:20–10:40AM MST
Donghwan Choi (kyunghee univ), Yongjoon Lee (kyunghee univ), Yuntae Gwak (kyunghee univ), Gyunyoung Heo (kyunghee univ)
Risk Management for Nuclear-Powered Datacenter Deployment: A Case Study of Shared Water Resources
10:40–11:00AM MST
Justice Esiri (University of Michigan), Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical LLC), Aditi Verma (University of Michigan), Rohan Milind Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical LLC), Tanmay Deshmukh, Priscilla Oforiwaa (Pittsburgh Technical LLC), Funke Dacosta-Salu
Identifying Key Risk Contributors in Flexible Operation PSA
11:00–11:20AM MST
Sungmin Han (Kyung Hee University), Ho Seok (Kyung Hee University), Gyunyoung Heo
Risk-Informed Reactor Shutdowns: Asymmetric Public Health Hazards
11:20–11:40AM MST
Peter J. Seel (The Breakthrough Institute), Spencer Toohill, Deric Tilson, Adam Stein