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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)
Monday, November 16, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MST|Room 2
Session Chair:
Stephanie H. Bruffey (Idaho National Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
JungHyun Bae (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Neutron Absorber Monitoring for Re-start Units
3:15–3:35PM MST
Hatice Akkurt (Electric Power Research Institute)
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Quantifying Aerosol Deposition in Dry Storage Casks Using Low-Cost Sensors
3:35–3:55PM MST
Ren Garity (Clemson University), James Henry (Clemson University), John Saylor (Clemson University), Andrew Metcalf (Clemson University)
