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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|2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Michelle (Shelby) Bensi (Univ Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse)
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Session Producer:
John Greenwood
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GOFACS: Generator of Fragility Assessment for Coupled Systems, Structures and Components
2:50–3:20PM EST
Marine Marcilhac (IRSN), Nadia Rahni (IRSN), Emmanuel Raimond (IRSN), El Hadi Moussi (Phimeca Engineering), Karina Macocco (Phimeca Engineering), Gaëtan Blondet (Phimeca Engineering)
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Simplified Bayesian Network Framework for Beyond-Design-Basis PRA
3:20–3:50PM EST
Pragya Vaishanav (NC State Univ.), Saran Srikanth Bodda (NC State Univ.), Abhinav Gupta (NC State Univ.)
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Quantification of Human Error Probability of SBLOCA Mitigation Actions of a Pressurized Water Reactor
3:50–4:20PM EST
T.C. Wang (National Tsing Hua Univ.), M. Lee (National Tsing Hua Univ.), Y.M. Chen (Texas A&M Univ.)
Methodology to Streamline Periodic Seismic Safety Evaluations of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Structures Systems and Components (SSCs)
4:20–4:50PM EST
Sai Chowdeswara Rao Korlapati (RIZZO International), Yigit Isbiliroglu (RIZZO International), Yogesh Rathod (RIZZO International), Cengiz Erdogan (RIZZO International), Piyush Mehta (RIZZO International), Nish Vaidya (RIZZO International), Olivier Nusbaumer (Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt)
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