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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)
Tuesday, November 17, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MST|Room 3
Session Chair:
Shivashankar Peruvazhuthi
Alternate Chair:
Xingang Zhao (University of Tennessee Knoxville)
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Helical guided ultrasonic wave-Based Monitoring of Crack-Like Defects in Dry-Storage Canister Welds
3:15–3:35PM MST
Shivashankar Peruvazhuthi (The University of Texas at Austin), Nathan Wilson (The University of Texas at Austin), Salvatore Salamone (The University of Texas at Austin)
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Commissioning of a Laser-Based Sodium Impurity Sensor at the Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop
3:35–3:55PM MST
Leandro Frigerio, Edward F. Kent (Argonne National Laboratory), Adam Burak (University of Michigan), Vincent Gardette (University of Michigan), Joseph Craparo (Energy Research Company), Robert De Saro, Milos Burger (University of Michigan)
Effects of Operational factors on the Helical guided ultrasonic wave-based Monitoring of Dry-Storage Canisters
3:55–4:15PM MST
Shivashankar Peruvazhuthi (The University of Texas at Austin), Salvatore Salamone (The University of Texas at Austin)