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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|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Horace Tabor
Session Chair:
Chris Brady (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin Whewell (LANL)
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Development of Variational Neural Networks for Uncertainty Quantification of Nuclear Applications
3:15–3:40PM MDT
Logan A. Burnett (Univ. Michigan), Umme Mahbuba Nabila (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan)
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Towards Explainable AI in Nuclear: Introducing Ad Hoc Model Explainability
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Alex Xu (Univ. Michigan), Nataly Panczyk (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan)
Interpretable Machine Learning Regression for Nuclear Applications with Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN)
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Omer Erdem (Univ. Michigan), Nataly Panczyk (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan)
High-Resolution Predictions of the Fuel and Cladding Temperatures for the 3D PWR Core with Artificial Neural Networks Trained on CTF
4:30–4:55PM MDT
Marianna Papadionysiou (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Hakim Ferroukhi (Paul Scherrer Institute), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
Presented by Chris Brady (NCSU)
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