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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|Special Topics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Nikoleta Morelova (IAEA)
Alternate Chair:
Marilyn Delgado (BWXT)
Session Organizer:
Kurshad Muftuoglu
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Flow Regime Classification Using Orientation-Independent Layered Spectral Clustering
3:30–3:50PM EDT
David Kang (Purdue), Drew Ryan (Purdue), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)
Paper
Preliminary Analysis of the Effects of Alumina Nanofluids on Critical Heat Flux Using Artificial Intelligence
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Bruno Pinheiro Serrao (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Application of Structure-Based Machine Learning Model on Thermal Striping Evaluation
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Yu-Jou Wang (MIT), Emilio Baglietto (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Reduced-Order Model of Flow Field in Nuclear Power System Based on POD and Deep Learning
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Jun Yang (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Yanping Huang (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Dianle Wang (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Ling Zhao (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Yong Li (Nuclear Power Institute of China)
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