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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|New and Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Mauricio Tano (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Lambert Fick (Kairos)
Session Organizer:
Rui Hu
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Design and Construction of an Integral-Effect Test Facility FLUSTFA for Molten Salt Reactor Applications
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Sheng Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Hsun-Chia Lin (Univ. Michigan), Minghui Chen (Univ. Michigan), Shanbin Shi (Univ. Michigan), Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Qiuping Lv (ANL)
Paper
Initial Operation of a High-Temperature Fluoride Salt Test Facility (FLUSTFA): Issues Identified and Paths Forward
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Sheng Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
Design of a Natural Circulation Experiment to Investigate Flow Stability
11:25–11:45AM EDT
J.S. Narvaez Arrua (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), P. Rubiolo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), J. Giraud (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), V. Ghetta (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), S. Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano)
Flow-Informed Corrosion in Molten Salts Using the Poisson-Nernst-Planck Model
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
M. Tano (INL), S. Walker (INL), A. Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Fuel Flow Modeling Under Thermal Fluidics Considerations Within Operational Domains of Molten Salt Reactors
12:05–12:25PM EDT
Thabit M. Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
