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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
Monday, August 21, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Dupont
Session Chair:
Elia Merzari
Alternate Chair:
Caleb S. Brooks
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Building a Multiscale Framework: An Overview of the NEAMS Thermal-Hydraulics Integrated Research Project
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Elia Merzari (Penn State), Arsen Iskhakov (NCSU), Igor Bolotnov (NCSU), Nam Dinh (NCSU), Emilio Baglietto (MIT), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Yassin Hassan (TAMU)
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NEAMS IRP Challenge Problem 1: Flexible Modeling for Heat Transfer for Applications in Advanced Reactors
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU), Arsen S. Iskhakov (NCSU), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Ralph Wiser (MIT), Emilio Baglietto (MIT), Nam Dinh (NCSU), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
NEAMS IRP Challenge Problem 2: Thermal Striping of Reactor Internals
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Emilio Baglietto (MIT), John Acierno (Penn State), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Quynh M. Nguyen (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Monica Pham (MIT), Yu-Jou Wang (MIT), Yue Jin (MIT), Jinyong Feng (MIT), Wayne Strasser (Liberty Univ.), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
NEAMS IRP Challenge Problem 3: Mixing in Large Enclosures and Thermal Stratification
4:30–4:50PM EDT
A. Manera (Univ. Michigan), A.S. Iskhakov (NCSU), V.C. Leite (Penn State), Jiaxin Mao (Univ. Michigan), C. Tai (NCSU), V. Vishwakarma (Univ. Michigan), R. Wiser (MIT), E. Baglietto (MIT), I.A. Bolotnov (NCSU), N.T. Dinh (NCSU), Y. Hassan (TAMU), V. Petrov (Univ. Michigan), E. Merzari (Penn State)
Challenge Problem 4: Building a Flexible Multiscale Framework for Core Modeling
4:50–5:10PM EDT
Yassin Hassan (TAMU), Craig Menezes (TAMU), David Reger (Penn State), Adam Kraus (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)