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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Capistrano A
Session Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Aaron S. Epiney
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A Preliminary Validation Study for Removal Performance of Iodine Gas in Sodium Pool with a Simplified Approach
Dong Hoon Kam (ANL), Dave Grabaskas (ANL), Tyler Starkus (ANL), Matthew Bucknor (ANL), Akihiro Uchibori (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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Safety-in-Design Approach for the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment
Zander Mausolff (TerraPower), Brandon M. Chisholm (Southern Co.), Troy P. Reis (INL), Jason P. Andrus (INL)
Risk Management of Large Energy Infrastructure Projects: Perspectives from Advanced Nuclear Power Deployment
Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical), Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical)
Data-Driven Risk Assessment: A New Paradigm in Operational Data Utilization
Ali Ayoub (MIT), Wolfgang Kroeger (ETH Zurich), Didier Sornette (ETH Zurich), Haruko Wainwright (MIT)
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