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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 4. EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (ETWDD)
Monday, November 16, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MST|Room 1
Session Chair:
Travis W. Knight (University of South Carolina)
Alternate Chair:
John Mobley (University of Michigan)
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Compact Helium-Cooled Universal Defense Reactor (CHUDR): A Prismatic HTGR Microreactor for U.S. Forward Operating Bases
1:00–1:20PM MST
Cade A. Finney (University of Florida), Evan Alder (University of Florida), Bryan Huynh (University of Florida), Colin A. Frazier, William P. St. Peter (University of Florida), Daniel Fernandez (University of Florida)
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Gone Fission' -- A Deep Borehole Nuclear Reactor Analysis
1:20–1:40PM MST
Colin H. Gold (Georgia Institute of Technology), Kendal Chunn, Derek Lewis
Design of MaRCS Code: Modeling and Reduction of Californium Sources
1:40–2:00PM MST
Parker Smith (Purdue University), Peter Bradshaw (Purdue University), Veronica Miller (Purdue University), Tyrone J. Shields (Purdue University)
Design of a Cybersecurity Framework & System Controls for Small Modular Reactors
2:00–2:20PM MST
Nathaniel Cheever (Texas A&M University), Adam M. Vega, Joshua Haines, Juan Sandoval