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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.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Jefferson
Session Chair:
Valeriia Starovoitova (IAEA)
Session Organizer:
Carol Johnstone
Student Assistant:
Jaden Miller
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Transformative Beam Technologies for FLASH Radiotherapy
3:10–3:30PM EST
Reinhard W. Schulte (Loma Linda University)
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A High-intensity, Low-energy Muon Beam User Facility
3:30–3:50PM EST
Carol Johnstone (Fermi National Accelerator Lab), T. Bouwens (Fermilab), A. Mazzacane (Fermilab), J. Rupsis (Fermilab)
Progress Towards a Rapid Radio-Frequency 3D Beam Scanner for Hadron Therapy
3:50–4:10PM EST
Emilio Nanni (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University), G. Bowden (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), V. Dolgashev (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Z. Li (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), X. Lu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), D. Palmer (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), E. Snively (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), S. Tantawi (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), B. Faddegon (UCSF), J. Mendez (UCSF), R. Schulte (LLU)
Therapy, Experiments for Life Sciences and Radiation Hardness Tests at the HZB Cyclotron
4:10–4:30PM EST
A. Denker (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), J. Bundesmann (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), A. Dittwald (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), T. Fanselow (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), D. Hildebrand (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), G. Kourkafas (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), S. Seidel (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), J. Röhrich (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), D. Cordini (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), J. Heufelder (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), R. Stark (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), A. Weber (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
ESCORT: Energy Sweep Compact Rapid Cyclic Hadron Therapy
4:30–4:50PM EST
Leo Kwee Wah (Malaysian Nuclear Agency), Ken Takayama (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Toshikazu Adachi (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Tadamichi Kawakubo (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Tanuja Dixit (Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research)
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