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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
Monday, July 17, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|301D
Session Chair:
Andrew Hahn (Sandia National Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Session Organizer:
Fan Zhang
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Lessons Learned from Performing Applied Cyber Exercises in Halden
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Bjørn Axel Gran (Institute for Energy Technology), John Eidar Simensen (Institute for Energy Technology), Per-Arne Jørgensen (Institute for Energy Technology), Espen Nystad (Institute for Energy Technology)
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Application of Zero Trust Architectures for Nuclear Power Plants: Benefits and Challenges to Implementation
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Benjamin Karch (Sandia), Andrew Hahn (Sandia), Alexandria Haddad (Sandia), Christopher C. Lamb (Sandia)
Development of Procedure for Setting Cybersecurity Exercise Scenarios in Korean NPPs
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Seungmin Kim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control), Kibeom Son (Kyung Hee Univ.), Sejin Baek (Kyung Hee Univ.), Dohun Kwon (Kyung Hee Univ.), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung Hee Univ.)
The IEC Standard Series on Cybersecurity for I&C and Electrical Systems in Nuclear Power Plants
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Tighe Smith (Paragon Energy Solutions), Edward L. Quinn (Paragon Energy Solutions), Ludovic Pietre-Cambacedes (EDF), Thomas Walter (Preussen Elektra), Juergen Bochtler (Siemens Energy Global)
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