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ANS webinar looks at radiation studies and living near nuclear plants
In February, a study published in Nature Communications found a correlation between proximity to nuclear power plants and rates of cancer mortality. While the authors acknowledged that causation could not be established, they nonetheless said that calculations supported evidence of 115,586 “cancer deaths attributable to nuclear power plants proximity.”
On its release, this study garnered significant media attention—sparking worry among the public and immediate pushback from radiation experts. ANS recently hosted a webinar taking a deeper look at what that study (and other similar proximity studies) got wrong, the science behind what we do and do not know, and why these conversations matter.
Technical Session|Severe Accidents
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Martina Adorni (NEA)
Alternate Chair:
Sanjeev Gupta
Session Organizer:
David L. Luxat
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Influence of Iodine Chemistry in I2 Scrubbing Modeling
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Adolf Rydl (INSET), Taizo Kanai (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
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Analyses of Jet-Buoyant Flow in a Multi-Compartment Containment Using an Open-Source Solver
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Myeong-Seon Chae (Paul Scherrer Institute), Domenico Paladino (Paul Scherrer Institute), Stephan Kelm (Forschungszentrum Juelich)
The SAAB Project: Experimental Studies on Several Phenomena Related to the Assessment of Aerosol Behavior in Severe Accidents
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Michael Klauck (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Yihui Wu (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Rene Vennemann (Ruhr-Univ. Bochum), Hans-Josef Allelein (RWTH Aachen Univ.)
Main Outcomes of OECD/NEA THAI-2 Project and its Use for Code Validation and Containment Safety Assessment Under Accident Conditions
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
S. Gupta (Becker Technologies), M. Freitag (Becker Technologies), Z. Liang (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), F. Funke (Framatome), G. Langrock (Framatome), S. Beck (GRS), H. Nowack (GRS), A. Bentaib (IRSN), L. Cantrel (IRSN), J. Ishikawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), S.W. Hong (KAERI), P. Kostka (Nuclear Safety Research Institute), J. Glover (Office for Nuclear Regulation), C. Linde (Swedish Radiation Safety Authority), M. Kotouč (ÚJV Řež), V. Taivassalo (VTT Technical Research Centre)
