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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|Sponsored by MCD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Biscayne 3
Session Chair:
Majdi Radaideh (Univ. Michigan)
Alternate Chair:
Xingang Zhao
Session Organizer:
Koroush Shirvan
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Comparison of Hybrid and Pure Machine Learning Models in Limited Data Scenarios
1:00–1:20PM EST
Aidan Furlong (NCSU), Xingang Zhao (ORNL), Bob Salko (ORNL)
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OpenMC Variance Reduction by Adjoint Spatial Distribution Source Sampling
1:20–1:40PM EST
Bamidele Ebiwonjumi (MIT), Ethan Peterson (MIT)
Study of the Impact of the New Chlorine-35 Evaluation on Molten-Salt Reactors Operation
1:40–2:00PM EST
Amr Sadek (NCSU), Fadel Nasr (NCSU), Muhammad Altahhan (NCSU), Tommy Cisneros (TerraPower), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Yousry Azmy (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
Nuclear Data Uncertainty Quantification in LFR Pin Cell Using SANDY and Serpent
2:00–2:20PM EST
Carles Montoliu (NCSU), Spencer Ercanbrack (NCSU), Muhammad Altahhan (NCSU), David Holler (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU)
Evaluating the Uncertainty Effects of Carbon Nuclear Data on Pebble Bed Reactor Physics: A Comparative Study of ENDF/B-VII.1 and ENDF/B-VIII.0
2:20–2:40PM EST
Amr Sadek (NCSU), Mahmoud Yaseen (NCSU), Spencer Ercanbrack (NCSU), Muhammad Altahhan (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
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