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ANS webinar looks at radiation studies and living near nuclear plants
In February, a study published in Nature Communications found a correlation between proximity to nuclear power plants and rates of cancer mortality. While the authors acknowledged that causation could not be established, they nonetheless said that calculations supported evidence of 115,586 “cancer deaths attributable to nuclear power plants proximity.”
On its release, this study garnered significant media attention—sparking worry among the public and immediate pushback from radiation experts. ANS recently hosted a webinar taking a deeper look at what that study (and other similar proximity studies) got wrong, the science behind what we do and do not know, and why these conversations matter.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST|2
Session Chair:
Daniel Andruczyk (Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign)
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (American Nuclear Society)
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Recent CIEMAT experimental activities on liquid metals for fusion applications
JuanManuel García (CIEMAT, LNF), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT, LNF), Gianluca Dovidio (CIEMAT, LNF), Joaquin Molla (CIEMAT, LNF), Marta Malo (CIEMAT, LNF), David Jimenez-Rey (CIEMAT, LNF), Angel Ibarra (CIEMAT, LNF), Jesus Herranz (CIEMAT, LNF), Teresa Hernandez (CIEMAT, LNF), Sebastian Hendricks (CIEMAT, LNF), Maria Gonzalez (CIEMAT, LNF), Angela Garcia (CIEMAT, LNF), Belit Garcinuno (CIEMAT, LNF), Elisabetta Carella (CIEMAT, LNF)
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Status and progress of liquid metal thermofluids modelling for the US Fusion Nuclear Science Facility
Charles Kessel (ORNL), Peter Huang (HyPerComp Inc), Yuchen Jiang (UCLA), Tyler Rhodes (UCLA), Sergey Smolentsev (UCLA)
Analysis of MHD effect on drainage of PbLi channel for WCLL and HCLL breeding blankets
Italo Ricapito (Fusion for Energy), Francesca Papa (Università La Sapienza), Massimo Zucchetti (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Politecnico di Torino), Marco Utili (ENEA C. R. Brasimone), Ciro Alberghi (Politecnico di Torino), Alessandro Venturini (ENEA C. R. Brasimone), Luigi Candido (Politecnico di Torino)
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