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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|Environmental Chemistry
Tuesday, September 10, 2024|11:00AM–12:30PM EDT|Colonial Ballroom
Session Chair:
Dawn Montgomery (Clemson Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Kiel S. Holliday
Session Organizer:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Influence of Temperature on Plutonium, Thorium, and Uranium Sorption to Iron Oxide Minerals
11:00–11:30AM EDT
Brian A. Powell (Clemson Univ.), Yu Xie (Clemson Univ.), Shanna L. Estes (Clemson Univ.), Salome Kwong-Moses (Clemson Univ.), Connor Parker (ORNL), Fanny M. Coutelot (Clemson Univ.)
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Theoretical Study of Electronic Structure of Pu(III-VI) Aqua Ions Using M4,5-Edge Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering and High-Energy Resolution Spectroscopies
11:30–11:50AM EDT
Harry Ramanantoanina (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Sven Schenk (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Cedric Reitz (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), David Fellhauer (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Ruwini Ekanayake (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Hanna Kaufmann-Heimeshoff (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Xiaobin Zhang (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Tim Prüssmann (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Tonya Vitova (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
An Atomic Scale Computational Approach to Understanding Actinide Incorporation into Goethite (a-FeOOH)
11:50AM–12:10PM EDT
Corinne Hatton (Univ. Manchester), Louise Natrajan (Univ. Manchester), Samuel Shaw (Univ. Manchester), Nikolas Kaltsoyannis (Univ. Manchester)
Investigation of Geochemical Interactions of Plutonium with Opalinus Clay via TOF-SIMS and rL-SNMS
12:10–12:30PM EDT
Christopher Sirleaf (Johannes Gutenberg Univ. Mainz), Felix Berg (Johannes Gutenberg Univ. Mainz), Markus Breckheimer (Johannes Gutenberg Univ. Mainz), Tobias Reich (Johannes Gutenberg Univ. Mainz)
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