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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 1. ACCELERATOR APPLICATIONS (AAD)
Wednesday, November 18, 2026|8:00–9:45AM MST|Room 5
Session Chair:
Ellen M. O'Brien (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
Christiaan E. Vermeulen (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Recent Isotope Production Developments at the RPI Electron Linear Accelerator Center
8:00–8:30AM MST
Dominik Fritz (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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MURR Isotope Production: Growth, Innovation, and the Next Generation
8:30–9:00AM MST
Mark Beary (University of Missouri Research Reactor)
Validating the Medical Isotope Planning Digital Twin against Sm-153 Irradiation Campaigns at the University of Texas at Austin TRIGA Research Reactor
9:00–9:30AM MST
Soha Aslam (The University of Texas at Austin), Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin), William S. Charlton (University of Texas-Austin)
Characterization of Electrodeposited Bismuth Thin Film for Astatine-211 Production
9:30–9:45AM MST
Victoria Barbera (Virginia Tech)