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  Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
  September 8–11, 2025
  Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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  August 2025
- Latest News
  INL makes a case for eliminating ALARA and setting higher dose limits
  A report just released by Idaho National Laboratory reviews decades of radiation protection standards and research on the health effects of low-dose radiation and recommends that the current U.S. annual occupational dose limit of 5,000 mrem be maintained without applying ALARA—the “as low as reasonably achievable” regulatory concept first introduced in 1971—below that threshold.
  Noting that epidemiological studies “have consistently failed to demonstrate statistically significant health effects at doses below 10,000 mrem delivered at low dose rates,” the report also recommends “future consideration of increasing this limit to 10,000 mrem/year with appropriate cumulative-dose constraints.”
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Award Recipients

1981 1983

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Nunzio J. Palladino

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Maryland (First Place)
Iowa State University (Second Place)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Third Place)

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Mohamed A. Abdou

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Richland Washington (Best Overall)
Oak Ridge (Public Information)
Virginia (Public Information)
Missouri/Kansas (Public Information and Educational Activities)
Savannah River (Educational Activities and Awards)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Mark L. Kantrowitz

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Russell L. Heath

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Glenn T. Seaborg

Special Award

Allison M. Platt and team of R. Bonniaud
N. Jacquet-Francillon
A. Jouan
F. Laude and C. Sombret

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Tennessee
Martin Stutzke, Michael Bentley, Amir Mobasheran, Guy Regan, Meraj Rehimi, Der-Jhy Shieh

Undergraduate

University of Tennessee
Karen M. English Yokoyama, Joe C. Mayes, III, Cesar Rapposelli, N. Douglas Woody

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate

University of California-Santa Barbara
Jeffrey Fint, Russell Wheller

Technical Accomplishment Award (FED)

MFTF-B Magnet Team; led by J. Bulmer, C. Henning and T. Kozman

Theos J. ("Tommy") Thompson Award For Reactor Safety (NISD)

Hans K. Fauske

Walter H. Zinn Medal

John W. Simpson