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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)
Wednesday, November 18, 2026|8:00–9:45AM MST|Room 2
Session Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue University)
Alternate Chair:
JungHyun Bae (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Joint Optimization of Safeguards and Prognostics For Minimization of Nuclear Fuel Recycling Costs
8:00–8:20AM MST
Scott Evans (GE Vernova Advanced Research), Hao Huang, Sachini Piyoni Ekanayake, Philip Honnold (Sandia National Laboratories), Nathan T. Shoman (Sandia National Laboratories), Dominick Abate, Peter Koudal, John Carbone, Ross F. Radel (SHINE Technologies, LLC)
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Towards a Simulation-Emulation Based Digital Twin for Online Monitoring of Circulating-Fuel Reactors
8:20–8:40AM MST
Aidana Bauyrzhan (Texas A&M University), Ayman I. Hawari (Texas A&M University)
Decision-Making Framework for Uranium Conversion Facility Licensing and Site Selection
8:40–9:00AM MST
James K. Hippler (Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University), Simon Willcox (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University), Emna Sellami (Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University), Jaiden Martinez (Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University), Victoria Li (Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University), Elisabeth Paté-Cornell (Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University)
Back-End Fuel Cycle Facility Regulatory Support Digital Twins
9:00–9:20AM MST
Robert L. Howard (Spectra Tech, Inc.), John M. Scaglione (Spectra Tech, Inc.)