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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.
Megha Bhike, A. Saxena, B. J. Roy, R. K. Choudhury, S. Kailas, S. Ganesan
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 163 | Number 2 | October 2009 | Pages 175-182
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE163-175
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The cross sections for the reactions 92Mo(n,p)92mNb, 98Mo(n,)99Mo, and 67Zn(n,p)67Cu have been measured using an activation technique and an off-line gamma counting method at neutron energies of 1.6 and 3.7 MeV. The 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction was used as the neutron source with the proton beam from the 14-MV Bhabha Atomic Research Centre-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Pelletron accelerator. The reaction 115In(n,n′)115mIn was used as the standard for the cross-section measurement. The measured data were compared with the predictions of the EMPIRE-2.19 statistical model code based on the Hauser-Feshbach theory and good agreement, after some adjustment of the level density parameter, is obtained for all the systems.