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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.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Monday, November 16, 2020|3:40–5:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Juan Caneses (ORNL)
Staff Producer:
David Strutz (American Nuclear Society)
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Pressure Response Optimization of an Eddy Current Driven Valve for the ITER Shattered Pellet Injection System
Adriana G Ghiozzi (ORISE), Monica L Gehrig (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Dave A Rasmussen, Larry R Baylor, Milton N Ericson, Trey E Gebhart (ORNL), Danah A Velez (ORISE)
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Structural Analysis of the US ITER ECH Transmission Line System
Kevin Freudenberg, Kristine Cochran, Robert Myatt, Michael Kaufman, Aravind Shanmugasundaram (ORNL)
Optimization of Ion Flow Rates in a Helicon Injected IEC Fusion System
George H Miley, Qiheng Cai (University of Illinois)
Parallel operation with 9 sets of inertial electrostatic confinement fusion (IECF) devices
Hodaka Osawa (Kansai University, Japan)
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Identification of hydrogen isotope ratio on IECF experiment with getter pump using deuterium and tritium mixed gas
Hodaka Osawa (Kansai University, Japan), Teppei Ohta (Kansai University, Japan)
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