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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.
S. Dulla, P. Ravetto
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 155 | Number 3 | March 2007 | Pages 475-488
Technical Paper | Mathematics and Computation, Supercomputing, Reactor Physics and Nuclear and Biological Applications | doi.org/10.13182/NSE07-A2678
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The paper is devoted to the analysis of the importance of fluid-dynamics phenomena in the neutronic simulation of fluid-fuel multiplying nuclear systems. The motion of the delayed neutron precursors has important effects on both steady-state and transient situations. In this paper the role of the motion is studied by assuming that the coupled neutronic-fluid-dynamics model is simplified, introducing different velocity fields as input data for the delayed neutron precursor balance equations. Significant effects are evidenced for steady-state spatial distributions and integral parameters, such as reactivity and effective delayed neutron fractions. Full time-dependent evaluations are also performed to investigate the response in different system configurations to various transient initiator perturbations.
