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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|Methods
Wednesday, April 24, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT|Franciscan C
Session Chair:
Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. of Michigan)
Alternate Chair:
Carlo Fiorina (Texas A&M Uni.)
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Comparison of Various DNN Modelling Strategies for Assembly Node Averaged Multigroup Cross Section Representation for Nodal Codes
1:30–1:50PM PDT
Yi Meng Chan (KTH Royal Institute of Technology), Jan Dufek (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
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An Alternative Approach for Group Constants Regression Based on Supervised Learning Techniques
1:50–2:10PM PDT
Lorenzo Loi (Politecnico di Milano), Stefano Riva (Politecnico di Milano), Carolina Introini (Politecnico di Milano), Enrico Padovani (Politecnico di Milano), Francesca Giacobbo (Politecnico di Milano), Antonio Cammi (Politecnico di Milano)
Predicting PWR Fuel Assembly CIPS Susceptibility with Convolutional Neural Networks: Performance and Uncertainty Quantification
2:10–2:30PM PDT
Aidan Furlong (NCSU), Farah Alsafadi (NCSU), Scott Palmtag (NCSU), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Stanley Hayes (Duke Power), Xu Wu (NCSU)
Monte Carlo with Single-Cycle Latency: Optimization of a Continuous Energy Cross Section Lookup Kernel for AI Accelerator Hardware
2:30–2:50PM PDT
John Tramm (ANL), Bryce Allen (ANL), Kazutomo Yoshii (ANL), Andrew Siegel (ANL)
Advancements in the Genetic-Driven Optimisation of the Few-Group Structures for Lead Fast Reactors Analysis
2:50–3:10PM PDT
A. Aimetta (Politecnico di Torino), N. Abrate (Politecnico di Torino), M. Massone (ENEA), S. Dulla (Politecnico di Torino)
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