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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 11. NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY (NCSD)
Wednesday, November 18, 2026|8:00–9:45AM MST|Room 6
Session Chair:
Jeff N. Cardoni (Sandia National Laboratories)
Alternate Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver (Sellafield Limited)
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CAAS and NAD Applications for Sandia ACRR Testing
8:00–8:20AM MST
Jeff N. Cardoni (Sandia National Laboratories), John A. Miller (Sandia National Laboratories), Kyle Hipol (Sandia National Laboratories), William Gordon (Sandia National Laboratories), Lisa Barteau (Sandia National Laboratories)
Paper
Limiting Surface Density Analysis of the Storage Subcritical Limits in ANSI/ANS-8.7
8:20–8:40AM MST
Douglas G. Bowen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
A Criticality Safety Evaluation of a Boron-Free LEU+ Fueled SMR Spent Fuel Pool with Burnup Credit
8:40–9:00AM MST
Gyutaek Kang (Hanyang University), SER GI Hong (Hanyang University)
Crystallographic Texture in Structural and Reflector Materials: VENUS Transmission Measurements, Modeling, and Impact on keff
9:00–9:20AM MST
Kemal Ramic (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Hassina Bilheux (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jean-Christophe Bilheux (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jesse Brown (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Chris W. Chapman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Iyad I. Al-Qasir (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Evaluation of Sandia NCS Benchmark Suite Updates for ENDF/B-VIII.1
9:20–9:40AM MST
Zackary G. Dodson (Sandia National Laboratories - 1515 Eubank Blvd SE), Andres G. Morell-Pacheco (Young Members Group), Jeff N. Cardoni (Sandia National Laboratories)