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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
Monday, November 8, 2021|2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Enrique Droguet (UCLA)
Alternate Chair:
Sai Zhang (INL)
Session Producer:
Zach Berkow
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Leveraging Risk Insights Frameworks for Aging Management at Nuclear Reactors
2:50–3:20PM EST
Fernando Ferrante (EPRI), Emma Wong (EPRI), Andrew Mantey (EPRI), Jessica Bock (Ameren Missouri), Justin Hiller (Ameren Missouri), Barry Thurston (Exelon Nuclear Generation), Suzanne Lloyd (Exelon Nuclear Generation), Nina Lacôme (Exelon Nuclear Generation), Seth Rios (Exelon Nuclear Generation), Larry Lee (Jensen Hughes), Andrew Williamson (Jensen Hughes)
Paper
Evaluation of the Impact of Steam Generator Aging and ATF on Operator Actions During SBLOCA Without HPSI
3:20–3:50PM EST
Jintae Kim (Ohio State Univ.), Tunc Aldemir (Ohio State Univ.), Asad Ullah Amin Shah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Value of Information-Based Optimal Sensors Positioning by Subset Simulation for Condition-Based PSA
3:50–4:20PM EST
Seyed Mojtaba Hoseyni (Politecnico di Milano), Francesco Di Maio (Politecnico di Milano), Enrico Zio (Politecnico di Milano)
Reliability of Power System Including Renewable Sources With and Without Nuclear Power Plants
4:20–4:50PM EST
Marko Cepin (Univ. of Ljubljana), Aljaz Spelko (Univ. of Ljubljana)
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