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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 OPD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Erin Wehlage (Studsvik Scandpower)
Alternate Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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Economic assessment of ABWR, SCWR and SMART by using G4-ECONS code
Salah Ud-Din Khan (Sustainable Energy Technologies Center)
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Modeling Operations and Maintenance Planning Decisions Under Uncertainty Using Bayesian Networks
Ryan M. Spangler (University of Pittsburgh), Lee T. Maccarone (University of Pittsburgh), Daniel G. Cole (University of Pittsburgh)
Economic Ramifications of Nuclear Load-Following in an ERCOT-like Market under High Renewables Penetration and Energy Policies
Kathryn Biegel (Argonne National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory), Todd Levin (Argonne National Laboratory), Taek Kyum Kim (Argonne National Laboratory), Temitope A. Taiwo (Argonne National Laboratory)
A Multi-Criteria Benefit Evaluation Methodology Applied to FLEX Strategies in Nuclear Power Plants
Sai Zhang (INL), Zhegang Ma (INL), Hongbin Zhang (INL)
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