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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
Monday, April 22, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 1
Session Chair:
Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Mathieu Hursin (EPFL)
Session Organizer:
Go Chiba (Hokkaido University)
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Analytical Description of the Neutron Up-Scattering in the Resonance Range
3:30–3:50PM PDT
A. Bengoechea (CEA), G. Noguere (CEA), D. Bernard (CEA), P. Tamagno (CEA)
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Implementation of Unresolved Resonance Region Probability Tables in the GNDS Format
3:50–4:10PM PDT
M.-A. Descalle (LLNL), C.M. Mattoon (LLNL), M.S. McKinley (LLNL), J. Northrop (Oregon State), G. Gert (LLNL), B.R. Beck (LLNL), A. Dreyfuss (LLNL)
Improved Evaluated Nuclear Data in the Resonance Region by Combining Energy Dependent Measurements and Depletion Calculations: Application to Pu-239+n, Pu-240+n and Pu-241+n
4:10–4:30PM PDT
M. Hursin (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), D. Rochman (Paul Scherrer Institute), S. van der Marck (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group)
On the Possible use of Propagation of Resonance Parameters Uncertainties Using the R-Matrix Formalism
4:30–4:50PM PDT
Pierre Sole (IRSN), Vaibhav Jaiswal (IRSN), Cédric Jouanne (CEA)
Predicting (n,2n) Cross Sections Using Machine Learning
4:50–5:10PM PDT
Rohan Gaya (Univ. Cambridge), Valeria Raffuzzi (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge), Lee Morgan (AWE)
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