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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 THD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 10
Session Chairs:
Subash L. Sharma (UML)
Tri Nguyen (Penn State)
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Modeling of Prismatic High Temperature Reactors in Pronghorn
3:15–3:35PM EST
Vasileios Kyriakopoulos (INL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL)
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Simulation of a Postulated Severe Assembly Blockage Accident in a Sodium Fast Reactor with the SAS4A/SASSYS-1 Safety Analysis Code
3:35–3:55PM EST
Adrian Tentner (ANL), Taeil Kim (ANL)
CFD Study of Two-Phase Flow in Helical Tube Steam Generator
3:55–4:15PM EST
Doh Hyeon Kim (KAIST), Seunghwan Oh (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
Simulations of Online Refueling Transients in a Generic Stable Salt Reactor
4:15–4:35PM EST
Thanh Hua (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Luke Godfrey (Moltex Energy), Tom Taylor (Moltex Energy)
Influence of Containment Design Parameters on Analysis of Depressurized Loss of Forced Cooling of Gas-Cooled Fast Modular Reactor Using MELCOR Code
4:35–4:55PM EST
WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), SeungKyo Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Cole Dunbar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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