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  Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
  September 8–11, 2025
  Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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  The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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  August 2025
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  The RAIN scale: A good intention that falls short
  Radiation protection specialists agree that clear communication of radiation risks remains a vexing challenge that cannot be solved solely by finding new ways to convey technical information.
  Earlier this year, an article in Nuclear News described a new radiation risk communication tool, known as the Radiation Index, or, RAIN (“Let it RAIN: A new approach to radiation communication,” NN, Jan. 2025, p. 36). The authors of the article created the RAIN scale to improve radiation risk communication to the general public who are not well-versed in important aspects of radiation exposures, including radiation dose quantities, units, and values; associated health consequences; and the benefits derived from radiation exposures.
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Award Recipients

Robert Ammon

Joshua Vajda

Donald E. Burkhart, Jr. (WY)
Marcio Paes-Barreto

Bruce Hallbert

D. V. Rao

Jim Kinsey
Mark Holbrook and Wayne Moe

Richard K. Lester

Mitchell Farmer

Richard Denning

Margaret E. Harding

Mario D. Carelli

Ernest D. Eason
G. Robert Odette
Randy K. Nanstad
Takuya Yamamoto and Joyce E. Wright.

Terry L. Schulz

Chien Chang (Johnny) Lin

David I. Poston
Terry Kammash

Charles W. Forsberg

Richard Rhodes

Barth Doroshuk
John Rycyna
Marvin Bowman
Donis Shaw

Bertrand Tavitian

Raymond W. Durante

Bruno Sicard
Herve Bernard
Jean-Paul Chaudat and Jacques Bourges

Bernard L. Cohen

J. Neil Rutger

Jerry D. Christian

Eric McFarland

H. "Peter" Planchon
John I. Sackett

Jean Francois Pineau
Allain Rannou
Marie-Christine Robe

Louis Saint-Lebe

Bruce D. Kenyon

John O'Sullivan

Glen J. Schoessow
Alfred C. Tollison, Jr.
James D. Vandergrift

Milton Levenson
William R. Stratton
Edward Warman

Michael E. Phelps
Team: Thomas F. Budinger
Stephen E. Derenzo and Ronald H. Huseman

Jack E. Vessely and John M. Armaral
Team of Leonard Reichle
Benjamin Tenzer
Bertrand Mazo
Honorable Mention to Maurice G. Silk and team of Gary Dau
William J. Collins
Mohamed Behravesh

Allison M. Platt and team of R. Bonniaud
N. Jacquet-Francillon
A. Jouan
F. Laude and C. Sombret

Loft/Semiscale Project and D.O. Campbell
A.P. Malinauskas
W.R. Stratton

Cyril Comar (posthumous)

Yankee Atomic Electric Company

Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR-II) Project Team

J.O. Biomeke
F. Culler
J. Blomeke
D.E. Ferguson and R. Wymer

Norman C. Rasmussen

Edward G. Struxness

Watler Meyer

G. Robert Keepin

Lendell E. Steele

Ely M. Gelbard

Arthur G. Ward

W. Wayne Meinke

Warren R. Gromes
Paul Cohen

Jack Chernick
Mark Nelkin

Benjamin Lustman

V.P. Guinn
G.W. Ledicotte
R.M. Walter
P.B. Price and R.L. Fleischer

Leon O. Jacobson

Alberto F. Thompson