And if the water is uniformly contaminated to the depth Z centimeters, the total amount lp of activity In
the water column per square centimeters, is
.

Ip = Zem Iz
= 16.5 Zom $4 = Mev/cm?/sec
This can be imagined to correspond to the fallout density on a smooth, fixed plane, at timet.
If the fallout has several constituents, the fallout density can be expressed

Ip = >> njEj

i

And if P; = the fraction of energy in the ith component

mE; = Pyle
so that

the dose at elevation X due to the ith constituent is,
sEsha

/E;

—-s

nd; = ae | nll ds By; (jc Xx) = Mev/cem?/sec
8
“ux
and the total dose in air is,

Sa [ A! fae a or
niEjha(E;)

4

4

eo

e*

“px

or by substitution, the total dose at elevation X is, in Mev/em*/sec,
ha ©)

e®

ea
[ax ve8
t
“ux
or,

.

wo

.

-8

16.5 Z¢ >» PihaEi) / ode By (ue x)
7

2

8

“px
Therefore a dosimeter at elevation X above the hypothetical plane would read, at time t, and in milliroentgens per hour,

6 = 1.45 x 1075 (1000) (3600) > njd;

= 52 y nye;

Ps

= (52) (16.5)Z¢4 D> Pyha (Ep f e8 ds B; (te x)
i
“px
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