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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.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Angela Di Fulvio
Alternate Chair:
Shoaib Usman
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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FPGA-Based Log-Linear Amplifier for In-Core Neutron Instrumentation Front-End Electronics
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Kholod H. Mahmoud (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), John Leland (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Ming Fang (University of Illinois - Dept of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering), Angela Di Fulvio (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
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Reconstruct In-Core Neutron Flux Distribution Using Ex-Core Detectors
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Ming Fang (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Anshuman Chaube (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Harun Ardiansyah (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Keenan Harvis (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Timothy Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angela Di Fulvio (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Detector Deadtime Distortion in Counting Statistics and Deadtime Correction
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Abdallah Wazzan (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Shoaib Usman (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Tayfun Akyurek (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Aerosol Jet Printing and Low-Temperature Sintering of Magnetostrictive Terfenol-D Nanoparticle Ink
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Nicholas McKibben (Boise State University), Joy Morin (Boise State University), Zhangxian Deng (Boise State University)
Stabilization of Nuclear Thermocouples: A Materials Science Approach
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Scott Riley (Boise State), Richard Skifton (INL), Brian J. Jaques (Boise State)
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