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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 HFICD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|El Capitan B
Session Chair:
Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech)
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
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Early Stage Application of Machine Learning to Enhance Image Quality of Ultrasonic Transducers for Under Sodium Viewing
G. Kinzler (Univ. Pittsburgh), H. Ban (Univ. Pittsburgh)
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Image Synthesis of Nuclear Data Using Deceptive Infusion of Data
Arvind Sundaram (Purdue), Tyler Lewis (Purdue), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue)
Augmented Data Generation for Thermocouple Sensors Time Series with Generative Adversarial Network
Stella Pantopoulou (Purdue), Darius Lisowski (ANL), Anthonie Cilliers (Kairos Power), Lefteri Tsoukalas (Purdue), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
A Data-Driven Feature Extraction Approach for Subtle Variation Detection
Yeni Li (Purdue), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue)
Physics-Informed Neural Network Solution of Point Kinetics Equations for Development of Small Modular Reactor Digital Twin
Konstantinos Prantikos (Purdue), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
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