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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.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Rotunda
Session Chair:
Jonghyun Kim
Alternate Chair:
Roberto Ponciroli
Session Organizer:
Lou Martinez Sancho
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Design of Operation Support System Under the Abnormal Situation in NPPs
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Younhee Choi (Chosun Univ.), Ji Hun Park (Chosun Univ.), Man Gyun Na (Chosun Univ.), Jonghyun Kim (Chosun Univ.)
Paper
SPIDAR: System-Level Physics-Informed Detection of Anomalies in Reactors
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Ezgi Gursel (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Bhavya Reddy (San Jose State), Benjamin Smith (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Shahrbanoo Rezaei (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Katy Daniels (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie Baalis Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Mahboubeh Madadi (San Jose State), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Ronald Boring (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Anahita Khojandi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Quantitative Estimation and Visualization of the Normal Operation Region for Power Transient Planning
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Haoyu Wang (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Thomas Elmer (ANL), Hubert Ley (ANL), Akshay J. Dave (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL)
Intelligent Early Warning Technique for Transient Recognition at Nuclear Power Plants
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Seo Ryong Koo (KAERI), Jaekwan Park (KAERI)
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