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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.”
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session
Monday, November 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Coral B
Session Chair:
Ferry Roelofs (NRG)
Alternate Chair:
Kristian Angele (Vattenfall R&D)
This session will conclude with a brief THD awards ceremony where the winners of the Technical Achievement Award and Bal-Raj Seghal Memorial Award will be honored.
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Fluid-Structure Interaction Evaluation of LVDT for Deflection Measurements of MURR LEU Fuel Plate
3:15–3:35PM EST
Guanyi Wang (ANL), Cezary Bojanowski (ANL), Andrew Hebden (ANL), Walid Mohamed (ANL), Valerio Mascolino (ANL), Earl Feldman (ANL), Erik Wilson (ANL), Aaron Weiss (Oregon State), Alexander Westerberg (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State), Maria Pinilla (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor)
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Advances in Thermal Hydraulics in the Dutch PIONEER Program
3:35–3:55PM EST
F. Roelofs (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), B.T.H. Verdonschot (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), F.S.L. Pangukir (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), P. Breijder (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), M.M.M.D. Hussain (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), V. Habiyaremye (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), E. Frederix (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), A. Mathur (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), K. Zwijsen (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), H. Uitslag-Doolaard (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), D.C. Visser (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), M.M. Stempniewicz (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), E.M.J. Komen (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group)
Thermal Fatigue -- The Influence of Frequency on Temperature Fluctuation Amplitude
3:55–4:15PM EST
K. Angele (R&D Laboratories), P. Veber (Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant), H. Lindqvist (Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB)
Prevention of Swirl Penetration in a T-Junction Dead-Leg Flow to Mitigate a Source of Thermal Fatigue
4:15–4:35PM EST
K. Angele (R&D Laboratories), R. Howard (Electricité de France)
Development of AMESIM Code Based Safety Analysis Methodology for PGSFR
4:35–4:45PM EST
Seon-Gon Kim (Gachon Univ.), Jae-Ho Jeong (Gachon Univ.)
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