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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.
V. E. Cherkovets et al.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 48 | Number 1 | July-August 2005 | Pages 374-377
Technical Paper | Tritium Science and Technology - Tritium Measurement, Monitoring, and Accountancy | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A946
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Measurements of tritium concentration on the surface and in depth of various samples of constructional materials employed in nuclear power engineering have been made by making use of a magnetic microscope and a magnetic imager. -radiation images of large (up to 0.5 m) radioactive contaminated surfaces in a nonuniform magnetic field were obtained. The magnetic field uniformly increasing in the direction from the observable surface to the recording screen was used. The principal conditions of identical transfer of the image and its reduction coefficient were determined depending on the ratio of the magnetic fields on the sample surface and the screen. The experiments were carried out in vacuum conditions. The magnetic field was produced with a cylindrical rod of a magnetic material and in the screen area it was 0.5 T. Formation, transport and detection of images were fulfilled in a wide range of their reduction ratio (1-1/40).