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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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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 RPSD
Monday, November 16, 2020|3:40–5:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Andrew Rosenstrom (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Irina I. Popova
Session Organizer:
Michael Lorne Fensin
Staff Producer:
Julie Bry (American Nuclear Society)
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Radiation shielding design of the Component Transfer Hatch for the ESS Active Cells Facility
Maitane Amarika (IDOM), Dustin Sancristobal (IDOM), Bernal Coca d. Ayala (IDOM), Iñigo Eletxigerra (IDOM), Jameer Emamally (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)), Magnus Göhran (European Spallation Source (ESS))
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Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees) — Radiation shielding design of the Component Transfer Hatch for the ESS Active Cells Facility
Coupling Simulation Technologies to Assist Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility Design
Cade M. Bourque (University of Texas at Austin), Cole J. Thompson (University of Texas-Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin), Benjamin D. Leibowicz (University of Texas at Austin)
Method for Visualizing Radiation Data using Unreal Engine
Michael S. Greenwood (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Michael B. Smith (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Monte Carlo Calculation of the Cerenkov Distribution from a Proton Therapy Beam
Steven A. Thompson (University of Florida)
Determination of the Dosimetry Situation in Reactor Physic Laboratory of SUT in Bratislava
Jakub Lüley (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava), Štefan Čerba (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava), Vladimír Nečas (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava)
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