Facts Associated with the Continuance of the Nuclear Weapons Testing Program - Page 3
September 5, 1957
TABLE I
AVERAGE ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNAL WHOLE BODY KADIATION
(NCRP Max. Permissible Level = SOC ar/yr
for the population as a whole)
Hours Life
Expectancy
Lost Per Yrs
e|
Days Life
Expectancy
Lost Per 65 Yrs
mr/yr
Exposure
35
78
4
9
lu
25
145
17
47
Brick or Concrete House -
150=300
18=36
Laminous Dial Watch
Medical and Dental X-rays
40
80
Cosmic Rays Qnly at Sea Level
Ower Sedementary Rock Outdoors at Sea Level
Over Granite Rock Outdoors at Sea Level
at Sea Level
( merioans )
Pallout at Present*
Total Average Over Population
*Projected Pallout Exposure From
Continued Teeting for Many Years
0-3
a
5
10
0-03
49-96
13
26
Ol
200400
24-48
65-130
0+6=16
O-O7a2
022-5
It is seen that coemic-rays give a relatively small dose rate which is abvut
~ equal to that of luminous dial watches. Living in a tr
or
relatively large effect. Fallout gives the emliest of all the dose ra
somewhat less than 1£ of any poesible living situation.
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a
a