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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.
Panel and Technical Session|Radiation Protection and Medical Physics
Saturday, April 15, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Student Union 362A
Session Chair:
Kate Joshi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Dan Racz (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Radiation Protection & Shielding Division.
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Optimization of Pure Elemental Shielding Materials for Cost
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Christopher B. Peete (NCSU), Stephen J. Trainor (NCSU), Robert B. Hayes (NCSU)
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Evidencing X-ray Luminescence of Lanthanide Phosphate Nanoparticles Doped with Eu+3 , Gd+3 , Tb+3 , and Dy+3
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Shielding Device for a 1 Ci Plutonium Beryllium Source
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Alexander Choi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Bernadette E. Brezinski (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Liam R. Walker (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Hunter Salmon (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Lawrence H. Heilbronn (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Teja Vallabhaneni (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Hafnium Diboride Dispersed Epoxy Composites for Radiation Shielding Applications
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Furkan Erdogan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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