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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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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.
April 17–20, 2016
San Francisco, CA|Hyatt Regency San Francisco
ICAPP 2016 will be hosted at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, located at 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA. The group rate for this meetings is $259.00 plus tax (per night) Reservations can be made online at Hyatt Regency San Francisco. For government rate $219.00 plus tax (per night) reservations can be made at Government Rate. access code: ANSGGovernmentRate Rooms are limited!
Honorary Chairs:
Stephen Kuczynski (Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Southern Nuclear Operating Company)
Poong Hyun Seong (President, Korea Nuclear Society)
Hiroshi Uetsuka (Special Advisor to the President, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
General Chairs:
Neil Wilmshurst (Vice President and CNO, Electric Power Research Institute)
Seok Cho (President & CEO, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.)
Mamoru Hatazawa (Vice President and Head of Nuclear Business and Technology Power Systems, Toshiba Corporation)
Program Chairs:
Per Peterson (Professor, University of California, Berkeley)
Sunkoo Kang (Professor, KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School)
Keizo Ishii (Research Professor, Tohoku University)
