TABLE 1
ROUGH ESTIMATE OF REDUCTION
IN GAMMA RADIATION WITHIN STRUCTURES
TYPE STRUCTURE
PERCENTAGE OF -GUT-OF-DOORS LEVEL
ONE STORY FRAME HOUSE
First Floor
-
Basement (Center)
50°
10
Basement (Side)
Z10
MULTI STORY REINFORCED CONCRETE
Lower Floors
10
(Away from windows)
Basement
~ 0.1
SHELTER (equivalent to three
~ 0.1
feet of earth)
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