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A closer look at NRC’s proposed rule eliminating ALARA
On July 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed removing the “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) principle from its radiation protection regulations and replacing it with a graded approach. The agency also proposed increases to effluent dose limits and adjusting how it handles allowances for exceeding dose limits.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, June 8, 2020|1:00–3:10PM EDT|7
Session Chair:
Troy Munro
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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The Molten Salt Thermodynamic Database (MSTDB): A Resource for MSR Design, Development, and Regulation
Theodore M. Besmann (Univ. of South Carolina)
Paper
Thermodynamic Insights Into Corrosion in NaCl-LiCl-UCl3-UCl4 Molten Salt
Jacob A. Yingling (Univ. of South Carolina), Theodore M. Besmann (Univ. of South Carolina), Johnathon C. Ard (Univ. of South Carolina), Kaitlin E. Johnson (Univ. of South Carolina), Matthew S. Christian (Univ. of South Carolina), Jake W. McMurray (ORNL)
Conceptual Design of the Versatile Experimental Salt Irradiation Loop (VESIL) in the Advanced Test Reactor
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Sandesh Bhaskar (NC State Univ.), Calvin Downey (INL)
