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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 IRD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Jefferson East
Session Chair:
Kyle C. Hartig
Alternate Chair:
Lei R. Cao
Session Organizer:
Igor Jovanovic
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In-Situ Detection of Neodymium Isotope Using Laser Ablation -- Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy
10:00–10:20AM EST
Sung-Uk Choi (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Jong-Il Yun (KAIST)
Paper
Assessment of Performance for Algorithms Estimating Cosmic Ray Muon Trajectories
10:20–10:40AM EST
Reshma Ughade (Purdue), JungHyun Bae (ORNL), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
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Using the Oak Ridge Subcritical Assembly for Gamma Ray Measurements
10:40–11:00AM EST
Walid A. Metwally (ORNL), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL)
Xenon Detection Using Double-Pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
11:00–11:20AM EST
L.J. Garrett (Univ. Michigan), M. Burger (Univ. Michigan), Y. Lee (KAIST), H. Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), P. Sabharwall (INL), S. Choi (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), I. Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
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