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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 Fundamental Irradiation Damage
Thursday, December 14, 2023|3:10–4:50PM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Anne A. Campbell (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Flyura Djurabekova (Univ. Helsinki)
Track Organizers:
Steve Zinkle (University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Mitra Taheri (Johns Hopkins University)
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Kinetics and Stability of Nano-Scale Precipitates in Fe-Based Alloys During Ion Irradiations
3:10–3:50PM CST
Yajie Zhao (ORNL), Pengcheng Zhu (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jonathan Poplawsky (ORNL), Arunodaya Bhattacharya (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Steven Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Presented by Siwei Chen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Impact of Micro-Alloying and Precipitation in Ion-Irradiated Nickel: From the Inhibition of Point-Defect Cluster Diffusion by Thermal Segregation to the Change of Dislocation Loop Nature
3:50–4:10PM CST
M. Loyer-Prost (CEA), K. Ma (CEA), B. Décamps (Univ. Paris-Saclay), L. Huang (CEA), M. Nastar (CEA), R.E. Schäublin (ETH Zurich), J.F. Löffler (ETH Zurich), A. Fraczkiewicz (CNRS), M.A. Belghoul (CEA), P. Vermaut (CNRS), F. Prima (CNRS)
Beryllium Carbide Tolerance to Radiation Damage for Advanced Reactor Moderators
4:10–4:30PM CST
Diego A. Muzquiz (Univ. Michigan), Stephen S. Raiman (Univ. Michigan)
Temperature Dependent Evolution of Microstructure in Fe10Cr Alloy Under Proton Irradiation
4:30–4:50PM CST
Siwei Chen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Yajie Zhao (ORNL), Yao Li (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Qinyun Chen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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