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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 14. OPERATIONS AND POWER (OPD)
Tuesday, November 17, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MST|Room 7
Session Chair:
W. N. Mann (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Examining economic attractiveness of nuclear-powered commercial shipping
10:00–10:20AM MST
Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology - 770 State Street), Alexander Whitesides (Georgia Institute of Technology), Chelsea C. White (Georgia Institute of Technology), Kevin A. Kelly (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))
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Examining economic opportunities for floating nuclear power plants
10:20–10:40AM MST
Alexander Whitesides (Georgia Institute of Technology), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology - 770 State Street), Kevin A. Kelly (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))
Framework to Screen and Adapt Maritime Applications for Reactor Integration
10:40–11:00AM MST
Hal Berdichesky (University of Michigan Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering), Thomas McKenney (University of Michigan Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering)
Small Nuclear Reactors for Maritime Ports: A Feasibility Study
11:00–11:20AM MST
Jeriah Whitley (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)), Ryan Calkins (PNNL), Dina Carpenter-Graffy (PNNL)
Nuclear Technologies MCDA for Merchant Naval Propulsion
11:20–11:40AM MST
Andrea Broglia (Politecnico di Milano), Daniela Cazzola (Cetena S.p.A), Marco Enrico Ricotti (Politecnico di Milano)