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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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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 NISD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Alternate Chair:
Aaron S. Epiney
Session Organizer:
Andrew J. Clark
Staff Producer:
Erica McGowan (ANS)
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Establishment of Control Room Habitability Analysis Methodology Postulated the Event of Pressurized Tank/System of Hazardous Gas Release (2) - Transient Concentration Analysis in Control Room
Anjun Jiao (Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station), David Ricks (Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station), Thomas Remick (Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station), Brian J. Hansen (Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station), Robert Hovland (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant)
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Multiphysics Analysis Towards Development of Fusion Science and Engineering Demonstration Facilities
Nicholas Meehan (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Miles O'Neal (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Seokbin Seo (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville)
Advanced Test Reactor Critical Control Console Upgrade
Travis Stoor (INL), Dan Steik (INL)
Full Core Large Break LOCA Fuel System Uncertainty Analysis for a PWR Containing High Burnup Fuel
Soon K. Lee (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville)
Impact of the Proposed Revision to DOE-STD-1195 2011 on Non-Reactor DOE Nuclear Facilities
Victor Smith (Y-12 National Security Complex), Richard Wood (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville)
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