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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.
Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Georgetown West
Session Chair:
John Moon
Alternate Chair:
Adam J. Carroll (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Young Soo Park
Staff Producer:
Jun Jian Su
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Design of a Miniature Rover for the Inspection of High-Level Waste Double-Shell Tanks
10:05–10:25AM EST
Shervin Tashakori (Florida International Univ.), Daniel Martin (Florida International Univ.), Sebastian Story (Florida International Univ.), Mackenson Telusma (Florida International Univ.), Anthony Abrahao (Florida International Univ.), Dwayne McDaniel (Florida International Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida International Univ.)
Paper
Robotic Inspection System Using Guided Wave Technology for Nuclear Waste Storage Tanks
10:25–10:45AM EST
Victoria Wahlen (Southwest Research Institute), Glynn Bartlett (Southwest Research Institute), Adam Cobb (Southwest Research Institute)
Development of a Marsupial Robotic Crawler for the Inspection of High-Level Waste Double-Shell Tank Secondary Liners
10:45–11:05AM EST
Anthony Abrahao (Florida International Univ.), Josue Estrada (Florida International Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida International Univ.), Dwayne McDaniel (Florida International Univ.)
Development of an Omni-Directional Wall Coating Platform Using Thrust-Based Adhesion Mechanism at H-Canyon Exhaust Tunnel
11:05–11:25AM EST
Mackenson Telusma (Florida International Univ.), Jeff Natividad (Florida International Univ.), Dwayne McDaniel (Florida International Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida International Univ.)
