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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.
Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025)
Dr. Radu Pomirleanu is a Fellow Engineer at Westinghouse Electric Company with more than twenty years of experience advancing nuclear fuel technologies. His expertise in nuclear and mechanical engineering has been instrumental in the development and optimization of numerous fuel system designs. Most recently, Radu led a groundbreaking initiative focused on accident-tolerant fuel and high-energy core applications, successfully overseeing the design, licensing, fabrication, and delivery of the first U.S. domestic lead test assemblies enriched above 5 weight percent uranium.
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