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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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INL makes a case for eliminating ALARA and setting higher dose limits
A report just released by Idaho National Laboratory reviews decades of radiation protection standards and research on the health effects of low-dose radiation and recommends that the current U.S. annual occupational dose limit of 5,000 mrem be maintained without applying ALARA—the “as low as reasonably achievable” regulatory concept first introduced in 1971—below that threshold.
Noting that epidemiological studies “have consistently failed to demonstrate statistically significant health effects at doses below 10,000 mrem delivered at low dose rates,” the report also recommends “future consideration of increasing this limit to 10,000 mrem/year with appropriate cumulative-dose constraints.”
Technical Session
Thursday, November 11, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Robertas Alzbutas (Lithuanian Energy Institute)
Alternate Chair:
Robert Budnitz (Lawrence Berkeley Lab (ret))
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
John Greenwood
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Screening Process for Individual and Correlated External Hazards - Application on the 1300MWe French Series
10:10–10:40AM EST
Jeremy Gaudron (EDF), Cécile Luzoir (EDF), Yannick Lefebvre (EDF), Hugo Jadot (EDF)
Paper
Probabilistic Framework for Description of Radioiodine Behavior at Fukushima Accidents
10:40–11:10AM EST
Adolf Rydl (INSET)
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Analysis of Criteria Applicable to the Screening Approach Used in PSA for External Events
11:10–11:40AM EST
Thiago Padilha da Silva (Navy Technological Center in São Paulo), Marcos Coelho Maturana (Navy Technological Center in São Paulo), Miguel Mattar Neto (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares), Patricia da Silva Pagetti de Oliveira (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares)
Implementation of Methodology for Maintenance-Induced Internal Floods
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Robert J. Wolfgang (Jensen Hughes), Samuel Falvo (Jensen Hughes)
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