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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The U.S. Million Person Study of Low-Dose-Rate Health Effects
There is a critical knowledge gap regarding the health consequences of exposure to radiation received gradually over time. While there is a plethora of studies on the risks of adverse outcomes from both acute and high-dose exposures, including the landmark study of atomic bomb survivors, these are not characteristic of the chronic exposure to low-dose radiation encountered in occupational and public settings. In addition, smaller cohorts have limited numbers leading to reduced statistical power.
November 9–13, 2014
Nuclear-The Foundation of Clean Energy
Anaheim, CA|Disneyland Hotel
The Disneyland
General Chair:
Ed Halpin (CNO, PG&E)
Assistant General Chair:
Lynn E. Walter (Station Support Director, Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Pacific Gas & Electric Company)
Program Chair:
Patrick Pinhero (Professor, University of Missouri/Columbia)
Assistant Program Chairs:
John Bess (R&D Nuclear Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory)
Jim Byrne (Byrne and Associates LLC)
Embedded Topical Meeting
Brian D. Wirth (Governor's Chair Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee)
Program Co-Chairs:
Vincent Chan (Theory and Computational Science Program Leader, General Atomics)
Rajesh Maingi (Head of Boundary & PFC Research, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
