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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|Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, April 29, 2025|1:00–2:40PM MDT|Horace Tabor
Session Chair:
Majdi Radaideh (Univ. Michigan)
Alternate Chair:
Dean Price (INL)
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Deep Operator Network Based Surrogate Model for Neutron Transport Computation
1:00–1:25PM MDT
Md Hossain Sahadath (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Qiyun Cheng (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shaowu Pan (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Paper
A CNN-Based Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Solving the Neutron Diffusion Equation
1:25–1:50PM MDT
Jaeguk Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Hyung Jin Shim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Use of Bayesian Polynomial Regression Methods to Model Uncertainty in Few-Group Cross-Section Libraries
1:50–2:15PM MDT
Yi Meng Chan (Royal Institute of Technology), Jan Dufek (Royal Institute of Technology)
Machine Learning Algorithms for Neutron and Gamma Radiation Discrimination
2:15–2:40PM MDT
Abigail Artman (U.S. Naval Academy), Jennie Hill (U.S. Naval Academy), Joseph Latta (U.S. Naval Academy), Hatem ElBidweihy (U.S. Naval Academy)
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