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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 RPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD
Monday, November 16, 2020|3:40–5:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Alternate Chair:
John D. Bess
Session Organizer:
Blair P. Bromley
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
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BlueCRAB Microreactor Reference Model
Stephen M. Bajorek (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Joseph M. Kelly (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Javier Ortensi (Idaho National Lab), Guojun Hu (Argonne National Lab), Rui Hu (Argonne National Lab)
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Multi-Physics Simulations of Heat-Pipe TRISO-Fueled Micro-Reactor
Bo Feng (ANL), Christopher Matthews (LANL), Yeon S. Jung (ANL), Zhi-Gang Mei (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory)
Feasibility Investigation of Self-Controlled Reactor Using Stationary Liquid Fuel
Taek Kyum Kim (Argonne National Laboratory), Xiaohua Wang (Argonne National Laboratory), Christopher T. Forsyth (University of California Berkeley), Yinbin Miao (Argonne National Laboratory), Kun Mo (Argonne National Laboratory), Tingzhou Fei (Argonne National Laboratory)
Alternative Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Core Designs using Curved Fuel Plates
Gilles J. Youinou (Idaho National Laboratory), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (Idaho National Laboratory)
Criticality Concerns of Small Modular Reactor for Marine Application
Myung Hyun Kim (Kyung Hee University), Seong-Jun Yoon (Kyung Hee University)
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