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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 RPD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Jasmine D
Session Chair:
Matthew Wargon (TerraPower)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Direct Multi-Group Cross-Sections via NJOY/ETEN for TRISO Fuel Compacts
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Taylor S. Kimball (Univ. Utah), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah), Meng-Jen (Vince) Wang (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
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Exploring the Effect of the Number of Groups of Delayed Neutron Precursors in Reactor Dynamics Simulations of Molten Salt Reactors
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
A Note on Using Poisons to Improve MTC in Metal Hydride-Moderated Reactors
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Zuolong Zhu (Ohio State), Dean Wang (Ohio State)
Feasibility of Enhancing Neutron Moderation in Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor by Using Synthetic Diamond
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Reem Alnuaimi (KAIST), Paolo Venneri (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
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