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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|Sponsored by IRD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Miltos Alamaniotis
Alternate Chair:
Kenan Unlu
Session Organizer:
Igor Jovanovic
Staff Producer:
Rick Michal (American Nuclear Society)
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A Proposed New Configuration of a Shuffle-dwell Gamma Irradiator
Hsingtzu Wu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
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Cumulative short-lived photofission product yields for nuclear forensic application
Ari Foley (Oregon State University), Haori Yang (Oregon State University)
Beam Studies in Gadolinium Neutron Capture Therapy Using Neutron Generators
Walid A. Metwally (University of Sharjah), Yumna A. Alharahsheh (University of Sharjah), Husam Al-Omari (Abu Dhabi Polytechnic), Entesar Z. Dalah (Dubai Health Authority)
Design of a Fuel Phantom for a High-Resolution Emission Gamma Ray Tomography System using a Pixelated CZT Detector
Jack W. Fletcher (Missouri University of Science & Technology), Seth Kilby (Missouri University of Science & Technology), Joseph T. Graham (Missouri University of Science & Technology)
Advancements in the Semi-Automated CR-39 Imaging System for Energetic Charged Particle Detection
Erik P. Ziehm (University of Illinois)
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