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TABLES

TABLE I.

CALIBRATION OF 4" x 4" NaI(T1l) DETECTOR......... 35

TABLE II.

DOSE RATE CALIBRATION OF 4" x 4" DETECTOR NATURAL EMITTERS........- ccc eeec cree eee eeeteeeee 36

TABLE III.

DOSE RATE CALIBRATION OF 4" x 4" DETECTOR FALLOUT. 0... 0. cee ee wee ee eee ee eee eres 37

TABLE IV.

TERRESTRIAL GAMMA MEASUREMENTS

TABLE V.

COSMIC RAY IONIZATION AND ULTRA LOW BACKGROUND
FIELD MEASUREMENTS (ur/hr)..... cc eee eee eee 44

TABLE VI.

VARIATION IN NATURAL GAMMA DOSE RATES (ur/hr)
AT PELHAM, N. Y. AND MAMARONECK, N. Y., 1963 LOG. cc ee et eee te eee eee eee tee eens 45

(ur/hr)........5. 38

ILLUS TRATIONS

Figure l.

Typical field spectrum.
Shaded areas indicate
our estimates of the peak area used to determine
the total dose rate due to indicated isotope
and daughters.
E,, E5, and E3 are the 3 bands
used for determining natural gamma dose rates...46

Figure 2.

Examples of spectra taken at low gamma activity
SLICES... ce ee ee ee ee eee ee eee 47

Figure 3.

Total spectrum “energy" and E], Es, and E3
energy band responses to cosmic ray secondaries.48

Figure 4,

Pressurized argon-filled ionization chamber with
electrometer readout UNit.... eee ewe ee eee ee ee 49

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