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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 Advanced/Novel Materials
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|10:00–11:40AM CST|Galerie 5
Session Chair:
Kevin G. Field (Univ. Michigan)
Track Organizers:
Janelle P. Wharry (Purdue Univeristy)
Grace Burke (INL)
Benjamin Sutton (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))
Alternate Chair:
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A Path Forward for Regulatory Acceptance of Combined Ion/Neutron Irradiation Data for Qualification
10:00–10:20AM CST
Stephen Taller (ORNL), Yiren Chen (ANL), Wei-Ying Chen (ANL), Rongjie Song (INL), Andrea Jokisaari (INL)
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Ashby Maps for Nuclear Applications: New Opportunities for Nuclear Materials Design
10:20–10:40AM CST
M.I. Brand (Univ. New South Wales), M. Moschetti (Univ. New South Wales), P. Hosemann (Univ. California, Berkeley), J.J. Kruzic (Univ. New South Wales), E.G. Obbard (Univ. New South Wales), B. Gludovatz (Univ. New South Wales), P.A. Burr (Univ. New South Wales)
Design of Experiments for Qualifying Laser Powder Bed Fusion Processed Stainless Steel Components
10:40–11:00AM CST
Holden Hyer (ORNL), Josh Kendall (ORNL), David Collins (ORNL), Amir Ziabari (ORNL), Caleb Massey (ORNL)
Effect of Carbon Concentration on the Creep Resistance and Tensile Properties of Castable Nanostructured Alloys
11:00–11:20AM CST
Emily Proehl (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Weicheng Zhong (ORNL), Ying Yang (ORNL), Lizhen Tan (ORNL), Steven Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Radiation Tolerance of MX-Type Precipitates in Ferritic Martensitic Steels
11:20–11:40AM CST
K.G. Field (Univ. Michigan), T.M.K. Green (Univ. Michigan), K. Sun (Univ. Michigan), Robert Renfrow (Univ. Michigan), T. Graening (ORNL), W. Zhong (ORNL), E. Polselli (Univ. Michigan), L. Tan (ORNL), Y. Yang (ORNL)
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