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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The U.S. Million Person Study of Low-Dose-Rate Health Effects
There is a critical knowledge gap regarding the health consequences of exposure to radiation received gradually over time. While there is a plethora of studies on the risks of adverse outcomes from both acute and high-dose exposures, including the landmark study of atomic bomb survivors, these are not characteristic of the chronic exposure to low-dose radiation encountered in occupational and public settings. In addition, smaller cohorts have limited numbers leading to reduced statistical power.
David I. Poston, Patrick R. McClure, David D. Dixon, Marc A. Gibson, Lee S. Mason
Nuclear Technology | Volume 188 | Number 3 | December 2014 | Pages 229-237
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-71
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Los Alamos National Laboratory and Glenn Research Center with the help of National Security Technologies demonstrated the use of a nuclear fission system as a power source that transferred heat via a water-based heat pipe to a small Stirling engine–based power converter to produce electricity. This experimental setup demonstrated that a small reactor based on heat pipes and Stirling engines is possible and produces a system with well-characterized nuclear feedback between the reactor and the power conversion system. This paper describes the experimental setup, modeling of the system, and results that confirm the basic physics of the experiment.