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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
Friday, December 3, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Young Soo Park
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Mitch W. Pryor
Staff Producer:
Youssef Abouhussien
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HADRON: Hazard Aware Digitalization and Robotics in Nuclear and Other Domains
1:05–1:25PM EST
István Szőke (Institute for Energy Technology), Réka Szőke (Institute for Energy Technology), Tom-Robert Bryntesen (Institute for Energy Technology), Lucas Stephane (Institute for Energy Technology)
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ROS Messages for Nuclear Sensing
1:25–1:45PM EST
Andrew West (Univ. of Manchester), Alex Smith (Bristol Robotics Laboratory)
Mixed-Reality Digital Twin Platform for Enhanced Remote Operation Based on Robot Operating System (ROS)
1:45–2:05PM EST
Young Soo Park (ANL), Jonathan Bayert (ANL), Sungmoon Joo (KAERI), JongHwan Lee (KAERI)
Self-Exploration and Mapping for Indoor Robotic Applications
2:05–2:25PM EST
Adrian Abeyta (Univ. of Texas at Austin), Mitch Pryor (Univ. of Texas at Austin), Sheldon Landsberger (Univ. of Texas at Austin)
