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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
Thursday, November 19, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EST|1
Session Chair:
Andrew Seltzman (MIT)
Staff Producer:
David Strutz (American Nuclear Society)
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Effect of crystallographic orientation on damage evolutions in He-implanted tungsten
Cuncai Fan (ORNL)
Corrosion of reduced-activation martensitic steel (JLF-1) and its alloying elements (Fe, Cr, and W) in LiF-NaF-KF melt
Gaku Yamazaki (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI), Yuta Suzuki (Doshisha University), Takuya Goto (Doshisha University), Takuya Nagasaka (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI; National Institute for Fusion Science), Takashi Watanabe (Doshisha University), Daisuke Nagata (National Institute for Fusion Science), Jingjie Shen (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI; National Institute for Fusion Science), Kazuki Saito (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI)
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Presentation Video — (Link to Youtube) Corrosion of reduced-activation martensitic steel (JLF-1) and its alloying elements (Fe, Cr, and W) in LiF-NaF-KF melt
Grafoil Performance in NSTX-U
Nicholas Santoro (PPPL)
Phoenix high yield neutron source for near-term material testing
Ross Radel (Phoenix LLC), Gerald Kulcinski
