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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|Computational Thermal Hydraulics
Monday, August 21, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 9/10
Session Chair:
Nadish Saini
Alternate Chair:
Lane B. Carasik
Session Organizer:
Igor A. Bolotnov
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CFD Simulations of Flow Mixing Phenomenon in a Gas-Cooled Reactor Outlet Plenum
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Jun Fang (ANL), Thanh Hua (ANL), Zhiee Jhia Ooi (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL)
Paper
Comparison of Sodium Stratification in CFD to Experimental Data from the Thermal Hydraulic Experimental Test Article
1:50–2:10PM EDT
James McCay (Oklo), Olorunsola Akinsulire (Oklo), Isaac Dabkowski (Oklo Inc.), Pat Everett (Oklo Inc.), Matthew Weathered (ANL), Dan O'Grady (ANL), Lander Ibarra (ANL), Christopher Grandy (ANL)
CFD Simulations of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
2:10–2:30PM EDT
François Martin (CEA), Guillaume Campioni (CEA), André Bergeron (CEA), Yannick Gorsse (CEA), Elsa Merle (CNRS), Antoine Gerschenfeld (CEA)
Large Eddy Simulations of Hot Helium Issued into Cold Ambient Relevant to Pipe-Break Accident of High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTGRs)
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Jundi He (Univ. Sheffield), Bo Liu (Science and Technology Facilities Council), Shuisheng He (Univ. Sheffield)
CFD Study of a Helium Jet and Resulting Gas Mixing in a Model HTGR Cavity
2:50–3:10PM EDT
B. Liu (STFC Daresbury Laboratory), J. He (Univ. Sheffield), S. He (Univ. Sheffield), C. Moulinec (STFC Daresbury Laboratory), J. Uribe (EDF Energy)
Presented by Kenneth Chinembiri (Univ. Sheffield)
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