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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|Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification
Tuesday, April 29, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Horace Tabor
Session Chair:
Ben Murphy (Univ. New Mexico)
Alternate Chair:
Colin Weaver (LANL)
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A Low-Fidelity Covariance Library in EPICS for Photon-Electron Radiation Transport Applications
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Mekiel Olguin (Sandia), Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico), Aaron J. Olson (Sandia), Brian C. Franke (Sandia)
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Preliminary Verification of Fixed-Source Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis in OpenMC
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Bamidele Ebiwonjumi (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT), Ethan Peterson (MIT)
CWENO Interpolation for Non-Oscillatory Stochastic Collocation in Uncertainty Quantification Problems
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Alina Chertock (NCSU), Arsen S. Iskhakov (Kansas State), Anna Iskhakova (Kansas State), Alexander Kurganov (Southern Univ., China)
Advancing the STS Neutron Moderator Optimization with an Automated Workflow and Unstructured Mesh Modeling
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Kristel Ghoos (ORNL), Lukas Zavorka (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
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