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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.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Jefferson
Session Chair:
Valeriia Starovoitova (IAEA)
Session Organizer:
Carol Johnstone
Student Assistant:
Jaden Miller
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Transformative Beam Technologies for FLASH Radiotherapy
3:10–3:30PM EST
Reinhard W. Schulte (Loma Linda University)
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A High-intensity, Low-energy Muon Beam User Facility
3:30–3:50PM EST
Carol Johnstone (Fermi National Accelerator Lab), T. Bouwens (Fermilab), A. Mazzacane (Fermilab), J. Rupsis (Fermilab)
Progress Towards a Rapid Radio-Frequency 3D Beam Scanner for Hadron Therapy
3:50–4:10PM EST
Emilio Nanni (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University), G. Bowden (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), V. Dolgashev (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Z. Li (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), X. Lu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), D. Palmer (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), E. Snively (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), S. Tantawi (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), B. Faddegon (UCSF), J. Mendez (UCSF), R. Schulte (LLU)
Therapy, Experiments for Life Sciences and Radiation Hardness Tests at the HZB Cyclotron
4:10–4:30PM EST
A. Denker (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), J. Bundesmann (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), A. Dittwald (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), T. Fanselow (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), D. Hildebrand (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), G. Kourkafas (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), S. Seidel (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), J. Röhrich (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), D. Cordini (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), J. Heufelder (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), R. Stark (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), A. Weber (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
ESCORT: Energy Sweep Compact Rapid Cyclic Hadron Therapy
4:30–4:50PM EST
Leo Kwee Wah (Malaysian Nuclear Agency), Ken Takayama (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Toshikazu Adachi (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Tadamichi Kawakubo (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Tanuja Dixit (Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research)
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