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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|Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|1:00–2:40PM MDT|E.P. Ensley A
Session Chair:
Logan Harbour (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jin Whan Bae (ORNL)
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Verification of a Multiphysics Gas-Cooled Reactor Simulation via the Method of Manufactured Solutions
1:00–1:25PM MDT
Zane G. Tucker (Oregon State), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
Paper
Pebbles' Life Cycle Analysis in Salt-Cooled Pebble Bed Reactor for Enhanced Fuel Performance Assessment
1:25–1:50PM MDT
Ludovic Jantzen (Univ. California, Berkeley), Yves Robert (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
In-Memory, Fully-Parallel Coupling of GeN-Foam and OFFBEAT: Towards a New Milestone in High-Fidelity, Finite-Volume Nuclear Reactor Simulation
1:50–2:15PM MDT
Giovanni Nervi (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Thomas Guilbaud (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Mathieu Hursin (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)
Cell-Wise Temperature and Deformation Reactivity Feedback Modeling in Heat Pipe-Cooled Microreactors
2:15–2:40PM MDT
Chiara Genoni (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Vefa Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Mangiarotti), Alessandro Scolaro (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
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