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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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INL makes a case for eliminating ALARA and setting higher dose limits
A report just released by Idaho National Laboratory reviews decades of radiation protection standards and research on the health effects of low-dose radiation and recommends that the current U.S. annual occupational dose limit of 5,000 mrem be maintained without applying ALARA—the “as low as reasonably achievable” regulatory concept first introduced in 1971—below that threshold.
Noting that epidemiological studies “have consistently failed to demonstrate statistically significant health effects at doses below 10,000 mrem delivered at low dose rates,” the report also recommends “future consideration of increasing this limit to 10,000 mrem/year with appropriate cumulative-dose constraints.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Kaibab
Session Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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ATF-2C Physics Safety and Scoping Analysis
1:00–1:20PM MST
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Andrew Bascom (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL)
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Post-Irradiation Examination of Yttrium Hydride Specimens at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1:20–1:40PM MST
A.G. Le Coq (ORNL), T. Lach (ORNL), P.A. Champlin (ORNL), A.M. Schrell (ORNL), K.D. Linton (ORNL)
Irradiation of Isotopically Tagged UO2 Fuel for Intentional Forensics Purposes
1:40–2:00PM MST
Brandon Wilson (ORNL), Tashiema Ulrich (ORNL), Nick Russell (ORNL), Andrew Nelson (ORNL), Spencer M. Scott (SRNL), Matthew Wellons (SRNL), Ashley E. Shields (ORNL)
Development of a Molten Salt Irradiation and Off-Gas Measurement Facility at the PULSTAR Reactor
2:00–2:20PM MST
Ming Liu (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Design of Fuel Salt Irradiation for Fission Products Gamma Spectroscopy and Off-Gassing Study
2:20–2:40PM MST
Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State), Emily Gordon (Ohio State), Praneeth Kandlakunta (Ohio State), Andrew Kauffman (Ohio State), Matthew Bisbee (Ohio State), Shelly Li (Univ. Utah), Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah), Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)
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