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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)
Wednesday, November 18, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MST|Room 7
Session Chair:
W. N. Mann (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Feasibility Analysis of LW-SMR and Absorption Chiller for Datacenter Powering and Cooling Compatible with Free Cooling
3:15–3:35PM MST
Ludovica Tumminelli (Poitecnico di Milano), Stefano Bedogni (Edison S.p.A), Alessandro Spreafico (Poitecnico di Milano), Marco Enrico Ricotti (Politecnico di Milano)
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Dynamic Analysis of an SMR-Based Hybrid Energy System for AI Data Centers with Thermal Energy Storage
3:35–3:55PM MST
Gi Tae Kim (FNC Technology), KeonYeop Kim, Ha Neul Na, Soeun Shin, Youngsuk Bang (FNC Technology Co.)
Risk-Aware Neurofuzzy Load Following for SMR-Powered AI-Data Centers
3:55–4:15PM MST
Makafui Torkornoo (UT San Antonio), Sara Ahmed (UT San Antonio), Nikolaos Gatsis (UT San Antonio), Miltiadis Alamaniotis
