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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.
Kazuo Shin, Yoshitomo Uwamino, Tomonori Hyodo
Nuclear Technology | Volume 53 | Number 1 | April 1981 | Pages 78-85
Technical Paper | Analyse | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A17059
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An analysis was made on the propagation of errors from the response functions to the unfolded spectrum in the unfolding process from a pulse height distribution to an energy spectrum. In the derivation of formulas, the terms of high variance were ignored. Assumed errors of the response functions were limited to statistical errors in Monte Carlo calculations for the response functions. The unfolding processes used were the SIMPLE method and the FERDO method. The test calculations were done assuming typical spectra having a sharp peak and the 252Cf fission spectrum. The response errors can have a serious influence on the flux error, especially in the case of a sharply peaked spectrum.