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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.”
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|301A
Session Chair:
Nikhil Bajaj
Alternate Chair:
Austin D. Fleming
Session Organizer:
Daniel G. Cole
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Proton Irradiation Experiments on Commercial CMOS Image Sensor
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Duckhyun Kim (KAERI), Dongseong Shin (KAERI), Hosang Yoon (HCT), Hongjoon Park (HCT), Inyong Kwon (Yonsei Univ.)
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Wireless, High-Temperature, Radiation-Endurance Ultrasonic Sensor System for Structural Health Monitoring of Nuclear Reactors
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Dan Xiang (X-wave Innovations), Uday Singh (X-wave Innovations), Gong Xi (X-wave Innovations)
Design and Numerical Simulation of a Multi-Measurand Resonant Sensor
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Thomas Hinds (Univ. Pittsburgh), Heng Ban (Univ. Pittsburgh), Nikhil Bajaj (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Analytical Models Developed for In-Pile Thermal Conductivity Determination Utilizing Line Heat Source Probes
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Katelyn Wada (Boise State), Austin Fleming (INL), Joshua Eixenberger (Boise State), Brian Jaques (Boise State), David Estrada (Boise State)
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