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A closer look at NRC’s proposed rule eliminating ALARA
On July 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed removing the “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) principle from its radiation protection regulations and replacing it with a graded approach. The agency also proposed increases to effluent dose limits and adjusting how it handles allowances for exceeding dose limits.
International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)
Irina Gaus was appointed Head of the Department of Optimisation and Member of the Executive Board at Nagra in January 2023. From 2016 to 2024, she led Nagra’s Research and Development Programme, supporting the General Licence Application submitted in November 2024. She joined Nagra in 2007, after research positions at the French Geological Survey (BRGM) on carbon storage and aquifer management, and at the British Geological Survey as a hydrogeologist.
Her expertise spans radioactive waste disposal, optimisation, RD&D management, safety case development, and subsurface processes. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers.
Irina is currently Chief Scientific Officer of EURAD2 – the European Partnership on Radioactive Waste Management and was Chair of the Implementing Geological Disposal Technology Platform (2019–2022). She holds a PhD and MSc in Hydrogeology from the University of Ghent (Belgium).
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