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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|Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, July 22, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Palm Room
Session Chair:
Donny Hartanto
Alternate Chair:
Joe Fuel
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Fine Group Structure Optimization for Pebble Bed Reactor Simulations
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Andrew P. Panter (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Hansol Park (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Paper
Sensitivity Study of 𝐾eff to Neutron Cross-Section Perturbations in a Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Using MOX and Metal Fuels
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Oyeon Kum (KIRAMS)
A Breed-and-Burn Strategy Proposal for Mizton, a Heat Pipe-Cooled Microreactor
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Emiliano Morones-García (UNAM), Juan-Luis François (UNAM)
SCALE Modeling and Inventory Generation for a Generic TRISO-Fueled Heat Pipe Micro Reactor
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Tarek Ghaddar (ORNL), Rabab Elzohery (ORNL), William Wieselquist (ORNL)
