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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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.
7:30AM–4:00PM EST
8:30–8:50AM EST
Monroe
8:50–10:00AM EST
Panel|Monroe
Session Chairs: Patrick Snouffer, Julie McCallum
10:00–10:20AM EST
10:20–11:10AM EST
Panel|Lincoln East
Session Chair: Jack Fletcher
Panel|Lincoln West
Session Chair: John Mobley IV
Panel|Jefferson East
Session Chair: Victor Ibarra
11:20AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair: Julie McCallum
Session Chair: Will Searight
Session Chair: Matt Jasica
12:15–1:15PM EST
1:20–2:30PM EST
Session Chair: Kelsey Amundson
2:30–3:00PM EST
3:00–3:50PM EST
Jefferson East
Session Chair: Pierre-Clément Simon
Session Chair: Evan Gonzalez
4:00–5:30PM EST
6:30–8:30PM EST
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