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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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Browns Ferry’s reactors receive subsequent license renewals
The operating licenses for the three boiling water reactors at Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, in Athens, Ala., have each been renewed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an additional 20 years. The reactors, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, are now licensed to operate until December 2053 for Unit 1, June 2054 for Unit 2, and July 2056 for Unit 3.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD, OPD
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT|9
Session Chair:
Kristin N. Smith
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (LANL)
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Track Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Jessica Vazquez (American Nuclear Society)
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Neutronics Analysis of Cold Critical KRUSTY Experiments using MCNP and Serpent
Pavel Tsvetkov (Texas A&M Univ.), Rene Sanchez (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Kristin Smith (Texas A&M Univ.)
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Preliminary Study of Model Predictive Control for Load Follow Operation of Holos Reactor
Sooyoung Choi (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan), Claudio Filippone (HolosGen LLC), Volkan Seker (Univ. of Michigan), Shai Kinast (Univ. of Michigan/Nuclear Research Center Negev)
Linear Stability Analysis of HTR-like Micro-reactors
Volkan Seker (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan), Claudio Filippone (HolosGen LLC), Erez Gilad (Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev), Sooyoung Choi (Univ. of Michigan), Shai Kinast (Nuclear Research Center Negev/Univ. of Michigan), Doron Sivan (Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev/Israel Atomic Energy Commission)
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