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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
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST|3
Session Chair:
Ales Necas (TAE)
Staff Producer:
David Strutz (American Nuclear Society)
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MTF at General Fusion
Michel Georges Laberge (General Fusion)
Paper
First Light Fusion: Solving the Problem of Fusion Power with the Simplest Machine Possible
Jamie Darling (First Light Fusion Ltd), Paul Holligan, Luis Sebastian Caballero Bendixsen, Tom Clayson, Oli Hall, Simon Hall, James Parkin, Hugo Doyle, Nick Hawker
SHINE: A commercial approach to solving the big challenges with nuclear technology
Greg Piefer (SHINE Medical Techologies LLC)
A faster route to fusion power: The high field spherical tokamak with high temperature superconducting magnets
David Kingham (Tokamak Energy Ltd)
Research and development needs of sustained spheromak configuration for fusion energy applications
Derek A. Sutherland (CTFusion, LLC)
