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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
Thursday, November 11, 2021|12:40–2:40PM EST
Session Chair:
Jeffrey Julius (Jensen Hughes)
Alternate Chair:
James Chang (NRC)
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Session Producer:
John Greenwood
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Benchmarking IDHEAS-ECA Using Data From the Presidential Election Recounts
12:40–1:10PM EST
Yung Hsien James Chang (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Paper
A Framework to Extrapolate and Evaluate Human Reliability Causal Models From Event Report Narratives
1:10–1:40PM EST
Andres Ruiz-Tagle (Univ. of Maryland), Vincent P. Paglioni (Univ. of Maryland), Enrique Lopez-Droguett (Univ. of California, Los Angeles), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. of Maryland)
Feasibility of the TACOM Measure as a Yardstick to Identify the Level of Task Complexities Under a Procedure Guided Task Environment
1:40–2:10PM EST
Jinkyun Park (KAERI), Inseok Jang (KAERI), Yochan Kim (KAERI)
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A Taxonomy and Meta-Analysis Template for Combining Disparate Data to Understand the Effect of Digital Environments on Human Reliability
2:10–2:40PM EST
Mary Presley (EPRI), Ronald Boring (INL), Thomas Ulrich (INL), Heather Medema (INL), Jeremy Mohon (INL), Marialaura Delvecchio (Institute for Energy Technology), Salvatore Massaiu (Institute for Energy Technology), Andreas Bye (Institute for Energy Technology), Jinkyun Park (KAERI), Yochan Kim (KAERI), Jeffrey A. Julius (Jensen Hughes)
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