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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.
Saleem A. Ansari, Masood Iqbal, Liaqat Ali, N. M. Butt
Nuclear Technology | Volume 108 | Number 1 | October 1994 | Pages 13-23
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT94-A35039
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The Pakistan Research Reactor was converted from 93% highly enriched uranium fuel to 20% low-enriched uranium fuel in October 1991. The reactor power was also upgraded from 5 to 9 MW. A series of critical and power experiments were performed on the new core for verification of design data and to determine the nuclear performance of the reactor. The characteristics tests included a criticality experiment, reactivity measurements on reflected and unreflected, critical and full-power cores, and flux distribution in and around the core, as well as thermal-hydraulic measurements. A comparison of the measured and the calculated results was also made. The results of the characteristics tests indicate that the performance of the new reactor is within design limits.