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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|Methods
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 1
Session Chair:
Tatsuya Fujita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Alternate Chair:
Germina Ilas (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Go Chiba (Hokkaido University)
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Verification of a CARIBOU-OpenMC Workflow for the Analysis of HTGR-Like Systems Using the Proposed Ontario Tech Subcritical Assembly
10:15–10:35AM PDT
Kevin Sawatzky (Ontario Tech Univ.), Kirk D. Atkinson (Ontario Tech Univ.)
Paper
Comparison of Burnup Sensitivity Between Prismatic HTGR and LWR
10:35–10:55AM PDT
Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.)
Nuclide Inventory Validation: Effect of Nuclear Data Libraries
10:55–11:15AM PDT
Germina Ilas (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL)
Simultaneous Adjustment of Uncertain Modeling Parameters and Experimental Data Through Post-Irradiation Examination Data Analyses
11:15–11:35AM PDT
Keita Yoshikawa (Hokkaido Univ.), Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.), Yuya Inagaki (Hokkaido Univ.), Junshuang Fan (Hokkaido Univ.)
Extension of RMC Burnup Calculations with an Energy-Dependent Branching Ratio Treatment
11:35–11:55AM PDT
Hao Luo (Tsinghua Univ.), Jiang Shihang (Tsinghua Univ.), Huang Shanfang (Tsinghua Univ.), Wang Kan (Tsinghua Univ.)
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