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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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A closer look at NRC’s proposed rule eliminating ALARA
On July 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed removing the “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) principle from its radiation protection regulations and replacing it with a graded approach. The agency also proposed increases to effluent dose limits and adjusting how it handles allowances for exceeding dose limits.
Technical Session|Methods
Monday, April 22, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 2
Session Chair:
Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower)
Alternate Chair:
Sandra Dulla (Politecnico di Torino)
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Response Matrix Benchmark for the 1D Transport Equation with Matrix Scaling
3:30–3:50PM PDT
B.D. Ganapol (Univ. Arizona), J.K. Patel (Univ. Michigan)
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Synthetic Perturbation as Flux Initializer for the Method of Characteristics Solver of APOLLO3®
3:50–4:10PM PDT
A. Gammicchia (CEA), S. Santandrea (CEA), A. Brighenti (Framatome)
Surface Characteristics Scheme for Solving the Transport Equation in Extruded and Unstructured 3D Geometries
4:10–4:30PM PDT
Arthur Le Bars (CEA), Simone Santandrea (CEA), Sandra Dulla (Politecnico di Torino)
Linear Source Approximation in the Random Ray Method
4:30–4:50PM PDT
Rufus Neame (Univ. Cambridge), Paul Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge)
Implementation of the Discontinuous Galerkin Method into FENNECS and Other New Improvements for LWR Analysis
4:50–5:10PM PDT
Romain Henry (GRS), Jeremy Bousquet (GRS), Armin Seubert (GRS)