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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Operation, Performance and Reliability Management
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm D
Session Chair:
Melanie Joseph (Studsvik)
Session Organizers:
Chad J. Boyer (EPRI)
Track Organizers:
Alternate Chair:
Temi Adeyeye (TerraPower)
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Build-To-Replace Strategy to Reduce the O&M Costs of Advanced Reactors
10:00–10:20AM PDT
D. Mandelli (INL), A. Sowder (EPRI)
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Methods and Tools to Assess Robustness of Nuclear Plant Outages
10:20–10:40AM PDT
D. Mandelli (INL), A. Al Rashdan (INL), C. Wang (INL), S. St. Germain (INL), S. Lawrence (INL), N. Mapes (INL), J. Cogliati (INL)
A Knowledge Graph Approach to Analyze Systems and Assets Health
10:40–11:00AM PDT
D. Mandelli (INL), C. Wang (INL), J. Cogliati (INL), V. Agarwal (INL), C.M. Godbole (INL)
Investigation of Deposits on Filter Element of Primary Gas Circulators in HTTR
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Toshinari Hasegawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Satoru Nagasumi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Takahiro Nemoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kunihiro Nakajima (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Keisuke Yokoyama (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yusuke Fujiwara (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Ryoki Arakawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kazuhiko Iigaki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Hiroyuki Inoi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Taiki Kawamoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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