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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.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Coral B
Session Chair:
SuJong Yoon (TerraPower)
Alternate Chair:
Victor Habiyaremye (NRG)
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Preliminary Experiment on Local Hot Spots in Liquid Metal Cooled Wire-wrapped Pin Bundles
3:15–3:35PM EST
Taehwan Ahn (ETH Zurich), Victor Petrov (ETH Zürich), Annalisa Manera (ETH Zürich), Wilhelm-Martin Bissels (PSI)
Paper
Code Comparison of SE2ANL and DASSH Using a Medium-Size SFR
3:35–3:55PM EST
Michael A. Smith (ANL), Kyle Ramey (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL)
Modeling of Natural Convection in Low Prandtl Number Fluids Using a Novel Local Algebraic Heat Flux Model
3:55–4:15PM EST
Victor Habiyaremye (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Akshat Mathur (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Ferry Roelofs (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group)
Coupling SAS-FATE for Mechanistic Source Term Analysis of Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors
4:15–4:35PM EST
Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Luciano Maniaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jim Scobel (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Dan O’Grady (ANL)
Experimental Friction Factor for Wire-Wrapped Bundle with a Porous Blockage
4:35–4:55PM EST
Matthew Kinsky (TAMU), Dalton Pyle (TAMU), Craig Menezes (TAMU), Yassin Hassan (TAMU)
Numerical Study on Sodium Heat Transfer Characteristics for PLANDTL 37-Pin Fuel Assembly
4:55–5:05PM EST
Won-Seok Ryoo (Gachon Univ.), Gi-Uk Choi (Gachon Univ.), Jae-Ho Jeong (Gachon Univ.)
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