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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 9. MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MSTD)
Wednesday, November 18, 2026|8:00–9:45AM MST|Room 4
Session Chair:
Jake Quincey (Kairos Power)
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Separating Material and Structural Contributions in Hoop-Direction Mechanical Testing of Nuclear Cladding Tubes
8:00–8:20AM MST
Benton Garrison (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Gorti Sarma (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Mahmut N. Cinbiz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Understanding Fuel Cladding Accident Scenarios from In Situ Strain Monitoring
8:20–8:40AM MST
Mackenzie Ridley (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Samuel B. Bell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Nathan Capps (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking: Mechanisms to Mitigation
8:40–9:00AM MST
Michael Trombetta (University of Michigan), Stephen S. Raiman (University of Michigan), Abdullah Sinjlawi (University of Michigan)
Full-Field CPFE+CZM Reference for 316L Irradiation-Creep Modeling
9:00–9:20AM MST
Bibek Magar (University of Wyoming), Bashant Bist (University of Wyoming), Xiang Zhang (University of Wyoming)
Development of Mechanical Test Infrastructure for Extreme Environments
9:20–9:40AM MST
Ethan Bruce (Kratos SRE), José Santiago (Kratos SRE)