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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
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Jefferson East
Session Chair:
Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Alternate Chair:
SuJong Yoon (INL)
Session Organizer:
Sebastian Schunert (INL)
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Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Crud Buildup Locations in Pressurized Water Reactors
3:15–3:35PM EST
Aidan Furlong (NCSU), Farah Alsafadi (NCSU), Lauren Kohler (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Scott Palmtag (NCSU), Andrew Godfrey (ORNL), Stanley Hayes (Duke Power)
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Nuclear Data Uncertainty Reduction Through Bayesian Assimilation for Advanced Reactor Safeguards Modeling
3:35–3:55PM EST
Andre Vidal Soares (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State)
BWR-ComodoNet: Correction Model for Diffusion Solver Based on Neural Networks
3:55–4:15PM EST
M.R. Oktavian (Purdue), J. Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), J.T. Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Y. Xu (Purdue)
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Time-Series Classification Using LSTM to Identify Anomalies in Nuclear Reactor Data
4:15–4:35PM EST
Zachery Dahm (Purdue), Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), Vasileos Theos (Purdue), William Richards (Purdue), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
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