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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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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 ETWDD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Julie Jacobson
Alternate Chair:
Jenna Payne
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas
Please join us to listen and learn about student research related to the DOE Nuclear Energy University Program.
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Establishing the Relationship Between Reactor Design Choices and Cost Outcomes
3:15–3:35PM EST
Rowan M. Marchie (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
Paper
Constrained Bayesian Optimization to Design Critical Experiments for Advanced Reactors
3:35–3:55PM EST
Michael G. Branco-Katcher (Oregon State), Daniel S. Siefman (LLNL), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
Multiphysics Modeling of a Heat Pipe Microreactor Using Serpent and OpenFOAM
3:55–4:15PM EST
Dean Price (Univ. Michigan), Nathan Roskoff (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
Tritium Diffusion Through Na-Montmorillonite
4:15–4:35PM EST
Matthew Riss (Clemson Univ.), Brian A. Powell (Clemson Univ.)
Discrete Element Simulation of Thermal-Fluidic Transport in a Packed Spherical Particle Bed
4:35–4:55PM EST
Andres Gomez (Purdue), Graham Wilson (ANL), Daniel Gould (ASRC Federal), Molly Ross (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
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