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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)
Wednesday, November 18, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MST|Room 1
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth University)
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Nested Pebble Bed Blanket High Temperature Irradiation
1:00–1:20PM MST
Brandon A. Wilson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Ragai Altamimi (Oak Ridge National Lab), Andrew Kauffman (Ohio State University), Leanne Wegley (Ohio State University), Beth Armstrong (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Holden Hyer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas 700685, Lei R. Cao (The Ohio State University), Vittorio Badalassi (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Tritium breeding capabilities & experimental results at the tritium breeding research facilities by the University of Bristol & Astral Systems
1:20–1:40PM MST
Hugo Dominguez-Andrade (University of Bristol and Astral Systems Ltd), Alex Little (University of Bristol), Tom Mooney (University of Bristol), Rob Havell (University of Bristol), Alexandre Sureda-Croguennoc (IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture), Juan D. Iberico-Leonardo (IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture), Tom Wallace-Smith (Astral Systems Ltd), Mahmoud A. Bakr (University of Bristol and Astral Systems Ltd), Talmon Firestone (Astral Systems Ltd), Tom Scott (Astral Systems Ltd), Theresa Benyo (Astral Systems)
Finite Wall Conductivity Effects in Liquid-Type MHD for Fusion Blanket Applications
1:40–2:00PM MST
Kyoung Lee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Yuchen Jiang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Casey T. Icenhour (Idaho National Laboratory)
Effect of Transient Plasma Events on Fusion Blanket Dynamics for the FNSF Design
2:00–2:20PM MST
Yuchen Jiang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kyoung Lee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Surveying Activation Challenges of Next Generation High Energy Density Facilities
2:20–2:40PM MST
Tyler A. Bailey (General Atomics - 3550 General Atomics Ct.), Mike Mangan (Sandia National Laboratories), Gary W. Cooper (Sandia National Laboratories), Christopher S. McGuffey (General Atomics - 3550 General Atomics Ct.), Eduardo Del Rio (General Atomics - 3550 General Atomics Ct.)