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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.
K. Takeuchi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | July 1978 | Pages 155-166
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT78-A32075
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The computer code MULTIFLEX was developed to take into account hydro-structural interactions in the hydraulic force calculation for structural integrity evaluation of a pressurized water reactor primary system during a transient induced by a loss-of-coolant accident. Code verification was performed by analyzing the fundamental phenomena pertinent to the mutual interaction between the hydraulic and the structural systems. Phenomena investigated were the virtual mass effect of reducing the in-air structural frequency to the in-water frequency, the fluid compression effect due to structural deformation, and the effective sonic velocity for hydraulic pressure wave propagation. Experiments emphasizing each aspect of the phenomena were selected and analyzed. In the analyses, the independent mass model for the structural dynamics was exclusively employed. Satisfactory agreement between the analyses and the experimental data was obtained.