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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 7. HUMAN FACTORS, INSTRUMENTATION, AND CONTROLS (HFICD)
Wednesday, November 18, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MST|Room 3
Session Chair:
Malika Parker (JNP Industries)
Alternate Chair:
Vivek Agarwal (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Extended Reality in Nuclear Engineering: A Scoping Review Protocol
3:15–3:35PM MST
Jong-in Lee (Texas A&M University), Dharani Kaliannan (Texas A&M University), Joseph Seo (Texas A&M University), Hansol Kim (Texas A&M University)
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Cognitive Readiness Assessment for the Nuclear Workforce
3:35–3:55PM MST
Verification of a regulatory-purposed HRA Methodology in Digitalized MCR
3:55–4:15PM MST
Arryum Kim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Namchul Cho (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Wonjong Song (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Augmented Reality Interface for Human-Robot Radiation Inspection
4:15–4:35PM MST
Fabian E. Parra Gil (University of Texas at Austin), Soha Aslam (University of Texas at Austin), Mitch W. Pryor (University of Texas at Austin)
Examination of Neutron Sensitive Components Within an Integrated Circuit
4:35–4:55PM MST
Michael T. Sheridan (University of Texas at Austin), Andrew M. Tonigan (Sandia National Laboratories), William S. Charlton (University of Texas-Austin)
