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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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Deep Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by IRD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 1
Session Chair:
Steven R. Biegalski (Georgia Tech)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Lin-Wen Hu (MIT)
The supply of radioactive and stable isotopes is essential for medicine and industry. Medical isotopes are utilized for both therapy and diagnostic imaging. Isotopes are utilized in industry as tracers, for imaging, and for calibration. Stable isotopes play an important role in radioactive isotope production, as environmental tracers, and clinical pharmacology. This panel will examine the current use and necessary supply chain for radioactive and stable isotopes.
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