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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 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Belmont
Session Chair:
Cihang Lu
Alternate Chair:
Guillaume Giudicelli
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu
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Advancing Nuclear Data with Machine-Learned Force Fields
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Jonathan L. Wormald (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Jose March-Rico (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Richard W. Smith (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Amelia J. Trainer (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Michael L. Zerkle (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Paper
Calculation of Sensitivity of Neutron Multiplication Factor During Fuel Depletion to Thermal Scattering Cross Sections of Hydrogen-1 Bounded in Light Water
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.)
Evaluating the Effect of Blatt-Biedenharn Formalism on Neutron Angular Scattering Behavior
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Charlotte Wickert (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT)
DASSH Thermal Analysis Software Updates
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Micheal A. Smith (ANL)
A Neutronics Design Study of a Molten Salt Fast Reactor Core with Moderated Blanket for Long-Lived Fission Product Transmutation
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Ryan D. Willat (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Puran Deng (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Won Sik Yang (Univ. Michigan)
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