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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|Special Topics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Nikoleta Morelova (IAEA)
Alternate Chair:
Marilyn Delgado (BWXT)
Session Organizer:
Kurshad Muftuoglu
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Flow Regime Classification Using Orientation-Independent Layered Spectral Clustering
3:30–3:50PM EDT
David Kang (Purdue), Drew Ryan (Purdue), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)
Paper
Preliminary Analysis of the Effects of Alumina Nanofluids on Critical Heat Flux Using Artificial Intelligence
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Bruno Pinheiro Serrao (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Application of Structure-Based Machine Learning Model on Thermal Striping Evaluation
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Yu-Jou Wang (MIT), Emilio Baglietto (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Reduced-Order Model of Flow Field in Nuclear Power System Based on POD and Deep Learning
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Jun Yang (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Yanping Huang (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Dianle Wang (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Ling Zhao (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Yong Li (Nuclear Power Institute of China)
