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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan A
Session Chair:
Tsvetoslav Pavlov (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Applications of High Energy Heavy Ion Irradiation for Nuclear Fuels and Materials Accelerated Testing
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Abdellatif Yacout (ANL), Bei Ye (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Sumit Bhattacharya (ANL), Laura Jamison (ANL), Peter Mouche (ANL)
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Post-Irradiation Analysis of Accelerator-Based High Energy Xe Ion Irradiation of U-10Mo
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Matthew J. Jasica (ANL), Peter A. Mouche (ANL), Laura M. Jamison (ANL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
In-Situ Ion Irradiation of a Spent UO2 Fuel
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Sadman Sakib (NCSU), Yunyuan Lu (NCSU), Cameron B. Howard (INL), Chao Jiang (INL), Sudipta Biswas (INL), Dewen Yushu (INL), Jatuporn Burns (INL), Wei-Yeng Chen (ANL), Lingfeng He (NCSU)
Highly Porous Resolidified Tungsten Microstructures Under Fusion-like High Heat Flux and Focused Ion Beam
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Minsuk Seo (LLNL), A. Leigh Winfrey (State Univ. New York Maritime College)
Characterization of the Structural Changes of ZrB2 Ceramics Under Heavy Ion Irradiation
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Narrie Loftus (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Joseph Graham (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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