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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.
O. B. Evdokimov, A. P. Yalovets
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 55 | Number 1 | September 1974 | Pages 67-75
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE74-A23967
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A new calculation method of electron transport in a medium with boundaries has been developed. The method is based on the solution of the kinetic equation, written for the segments model in the continuous slowing down approximation. The distribution function is represented in the Fourier-Legendre expansion and the equation has been reduced to a system of recursive relations, which permit calculation of the expansion coefficients. The boundaries of the medium have been considered by introduction of a nonscattering medium into the space outside the slab which led to the dependence of the angular distribution function on the coordinate., The calculational results for the plane case are presented and comparisons of them with experimental data and with the calculations of other authors show good agreement.