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Reimagining nuclear materials for the future of medicine
Nuclear medicine has come a long way since Henri Becquerel first observed the penetrating energy of radioactive materials in 1896. Today, technetium-99m alone is used in more than 40 million diagnostic procedures every year—from cardiovascular imaging and bone scans to cancer detection—making it the undisputed workhorse of nuclear medicine. That single statistic tells you something important: An enormous portion of modern diagnostic medicine rests on a surprisingly narrow foundation, one built around a small number of aging research reactors that were never originally designed for continuous isotope production.
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST|Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Shikha Prasad (Schlumberger, Houston)
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A New Approach to Monitoring Solvent Extraction Processes for the Nuclear Industry
8:00–8:20AM EST
E.S. Cardenas (INL), L.A. Ocampo Giraldo (INL), M.R. Greenhalgh (INL), J.D. Hix (INL), C.M. Walker (INL), K.N. Wilsdon (INL), J.T. Johnson (INL)
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Online Measurements of Off-Gas Systems in Nuclear Processes Using a Spectroscopy Approach
8:20–8:40AM EST
Ammon Williams (INL), Adam Butikofer (INL), Ruchi Gakhar (INL)
Contact Metal Optimization of Ga2O3 Schottky Diodes for Radiation Detection and High Temperatures
8:40–9:00AM EST
Jarod Remy (Ohio State), Thomas Blue (Ohio State), Parans Paranthaman (ORNL), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)
Status Report on a Contemporary Assessment of Wide Area Environmental Sampling
9:00–9:20AM EST
Arden Dougan (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Paula Cable-Dunlap (ORNL), Jill Cooley (Y-12), Diane Fischer (ORNL), Robert Jubin (ORNL), Wendy Kuhne (SRNL), Kelly McHugh (PNNL), Sean Stave (PNNL), Nathan Stevens (INL)
Initial Results of an In-Field Validation Exercise in Support of Wide Area Environmental Sampling
9:20–9:40AM EST
Robert Jubin (ORNL), Arden Dougan (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Paula Cable-Dunlap (ORNL), Brian Ticknor (ORNL), Joshua Hewitt (ORNL), Wendy Kuhne (SRNL), Kelly McHugh (PNNL), Sean Stave (PNNL), Nathan Stevens (INL)
