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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|Computational Methods, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning
Friday, April 4, 2025|10:30–11:50AM MDT|Santa Ana AB
Session Chair:
Mekiel Olguin
Alternate Chair:
Liam Pohlmann
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Development of SAM-OpenModelica Coupled Simulation for Co-Nuclear Concept Modeling
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Yifan Mao (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Travis Mui (ANL), Zhiee Jhia Ooi (ANL)
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Improving Confidence in Computational Methods for Helium Transmutation Calculations
10:50–11:10AM MDT
Alexander Birmingham (Univ. Michigan), Justin Hamil (Univ. Michigan), Kevin G. Field (Univ. Michigan)
Benchmarking Project Peacock Against the ICSBEP Benchmarks and MCNP
11:10–11:30AM MDT
William Madsen (Brigham Young Univ.), William C. Dawn (Studsvik), Charles A. Wemple (Studsvik)
Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to theTemperature Reconstruction of Fuel Rods.
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Luiz C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), Victor Coppo Leite (INL), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Lise Charlot (INL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Lander Ibarra (ANL), Arthur T. Motta (Penn State)
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