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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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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|Methods Development
Wednesday, July 23, 2025|8:00–9:40AM EDT|Gulf Room
Session Chair:
Vincent Penkrot
Alternate Chair:
Tamer Bahadir
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Benchmark of SIMULATE5-K Against Frigg Loop Experiments
8:00–8:25AM EDT
Gerardo Grandi (Studsvik)
Presented by Petra Mala (Studsvik)
Paper
Improvement of the Cross-Section Reconstruction Model in PWR Core Calculation Code
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Kento Yamamoto (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.), Yasuhiro Kodama (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.), Koji Ito (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.), Hideaki Hyoudou (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.), Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.), Yuya Inagaki (Hokkaido Univ.)
Verification of Nodal Transient Code SIMULATE5-K against the NEACRP Control Rod Ejection Accident Benchmark
8:50–9:15AM EDT
P. Mala (Studsvik), T. Bahadir (Studsvik), G. M. Grandi (Studsvik)
Progression Problems for the Verification of Optimization Code Performance
9:15–9:40AM EDT
David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Aaron Graham (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear)