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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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|Experimental Reactor Physics
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 1
Session Chair:
Luka Snoj
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Mathieu Hursin
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Reactivity Relative Monitoring Using Threshold Fission Chambers with the Current-to-Flux Method for the Accelerator Driven VENUS-F Subcritical Reactor
3:30–3:50PM PDT
N. Marie (Normandie Univ.), A. Billebaud (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), S. Chabod (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), A. Kochetkov (SCK CEN), A. Krása (SCK CEN), F.-R. Lecolley (Normandie Univ.), J.-L. Lecouey (Normandie Univ.), G. Lehaut (Normandie Univ.), N. Messaoudi (SCK CEN), G. Vittiglio (SCK CEN), J. Wagemans (SCK CEN)
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Epithermal Neutron Spectrum Filtering Experiment Design at the VENUS-F Zero Power Fast Reactor
3:50–4:10PM PDT
Federico Grimaldi (SCK CEN), Patrick Blaise (Framatome), Antonin Krasa (SCK CEN), Pierre-Etienne Labeau (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles), Guido Vittiglio (SCK CEN), Jan Wagemans (SCK CEN)
Understanding the Moderator Temperature Coefficient of Reactivity of Prismatic Graphite-Moderated Gas-Cooled Reactors with Burnable Absorbers
4:10–4:30PM PDT
D. Bazzani (Politecnico di Milano), S. Wijaya (KAIST), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), Y. Kim (KAIST)
A Data-Driven Incident Detection Method for the Safe Operation of Molten Salt Fast Reactors
4:30–4:50PM PDT
N. Abrate (Politecnico di Torino), N. Caruso (Politecnico di Torino), S. Dulla (Politecnico di Torino), S. Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), N. Pedroni (Politecnico di Torino)
Transient Modeling and Simulation for Deimos, an Advanced Reactor Experiment
4:50–5:10PM PDT
Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Kristin N. Stolte (LANL), Holly R. Trellue (LANL)
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