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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 5. FUEL CYCLE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT (FCWMD)
Tuesday, November 17, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MST|Room 2
Session Chair:
JungHyun Bae (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Alternate Chair:
Kaushik Banerjee (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Experimental Capabilities to Support Molten Salt Reactor Accident Analysis
10:00–10:20AM MST
Sara Thomas (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Advancing Measurement Capabilities for Actinide-Bearing Molten Fluoride Salts
10:20–10:40AM MST
Hannah K. Patenaude (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Bryn Merrill (Los Alamos National Laboratory), S. Scott Parker (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Marisa J. Monreal (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Atomistic Modeling of Molten Salts
10:40–11:00AM MST
Manh-Thuong Nguyen (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Past, Present and Future of MELCOR for Molten Salt Reactors
11:00–11:20AM MST
Matthew S. Christian (Sandia National Laboratories), David L. Luxat (Sandia National Laboratories)
Standardization Efforts for Molten Salt Property Measurement Methods at Argonne National Laboratory
11:20–11:40AM MST
Melissa A. Rose (Argonne National Laboratory)