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A closer look at NRC’s proposed rule eliminating ALARA
On July 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed removing the “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) principle from its radiation protection regulations and replacing it with a graded approach. The agency also proposed increases to effluent dose limits and adjusting how it handles allowances for exceeding dose limits.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|2:35–4:00PM EST |Jefferson
Session Chair:
Lance Garrison
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Valeriia Starovoitova
Student Assistant:
Jaden Miller
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Hand-Portable Accelerator for Radioactive Isotope Sources Replacement
2:40–3:00PM EST
Sergey V. Kutsaev (RadiaBeam), Ronald Agustsson (RadiaBeam), Robert Berry (RadiaBeam), Salime Boucher (RadiaBeam), David Bruhwiler (RadiaSoft), Amirari Diego (RadiaBeam), Dmitry Gavryushkin (RadiaBeam), Ken Shulze (RadiaBeam), Alexander Smirnov (RadiaBeam), Kirill Taletski (RadiaBeam)
Paper
A Portable X-ray Source Based on Dielectric Accelerators
3:00–3:20PM EST
Chunguang Jing (Euclid Beamlabs LLC), Roman Kostin (Euclid Beamlabs LLC), Pavel Avrakohv (Euclid Beamlabs LLC), Alexei Kanareykin (Euclid Beamlabs LLC)
Novel X-ray Sources as Replacements for Isotopes in Irradiation Applications
3:20–3:40PM EST
Mark Eaton (Stellarray), Ronald Hellmer (Stellarray), Zhe Su (Stellarray), Shuo Chneg (Stellarray)
Direct Comparison of Material Characteristics Following Novel Sterilization Exposures
3:40–4:00PM EST
James A. McCoy (Becton Dickinson)
