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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 Fundamental Irradiation Damage
Thursday, December 14, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Flyura Djurabekova (Univ. Helsinki)
Track Organizers:
Steve Zinkle (University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Mitra Taheri (Johns Hopkins University)
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Analysis of Deuterium and Defects in Tungsten by Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy and Nuclear Reaction Analysis in Channeling Configuration
8:00–8:40AM CST
S. Markelj (Jožef Stefan Institute), M. Kelemen (Jožef Stefan Institute), E. Punzón-Quijorna (Jožef Stefan Institute), T. Schwarz-Selinger (Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik), X. Jin (Univ. Helsinki), F. Djurabekova (Univ. Helsinki), K. Nordlund (Univ. Helsinki), J. Zavasnik (Jožef Stefan Institute), A. Sestan (Jožef Stefan Institute), M.L. Crespillo (Center for Micro Analysis of Materials), G. Garcia López (Center for Micro Analysis of Materials), R. Heller (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
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Investigating Radiation Damage via a Novel XRD Technique, Convolutional Multiple Whole Profile (CMWP)
8:40–9:00AM CST
Kavi Sharma (Univ. Sheffield), Helen Swan (National Nuclear Laboratory), Tamas Ungar (Univ. Manchester), Susan Morgan (National Nuclear Laboratory), Lewis Owen (Univ. Sheffield), Amy Gandy (Univ. Sheffield)
In-situ Electrochemical Studies of the Effects of Irradiation with a Bremsstrahlung X-Ray Source on the Post-Transition Corrosion of Zircaloy-4
9:00–9:20AM CST
D.M. Bartels (Univ. Notre Dame), D.C. Martin (Univ. Notre Dame), B. Ensor (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), D.M. Rishel (Naval Nuclear Laboratory (retired)), S.L. Fisher (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), B.J. Usman (Univ. Notre Dame)
Study of the Effect of Helium on Prismatic Loop Evolution in Irradiated Fe-Cr Alloys Using Cluster Dynamics Code
9:20–9:40AM CST
Anthony Tom (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Dwaipayan Dasgupta (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sophie Blondel (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brian Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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