TABLE 4.7

DIP-~COUNTER CONVERSION FACTORS

Unless otherwise noted, all factors given are based on a direct dip count and radiochemical analysis for Mo",

designators and bottle numbers are given in parentheses.
Station

Source

Shot Zuni

Shot Flathead

x lof

62T

A.

x 108

‘

Shot Tewa

x 10°

x 108

Fissiona/(dip counts/min at 100 hrs)

YAG 39

occ

0.530 (C21) *

0.945 (C-21)

YAG 40

occ
Ocean surface

1.02 (B-6)
0.906 (S-1B, 8,254)

1.006 (B-4) *
_

McGinty

Ocean surface
Ocean surface

B.

Shot Navajo

Sample

Decay tank
Ocean surface

1.853 (T-1B, 8,035)
4.537 (S-1B, 8,030)

_
_—

0.774 (T-1B, 8,549)
1.137 (S-1B, 8,544)

1.285 (C-21)

0.960 (T-3B, 8,585)
1.430 (S-3B, 8,581)
1.248 (B-4)*

1,02 (C-21)

0.645
1.525
0.817
1.709

(T-1B, 8,350)
(S-1B, 8,326)
(B-4)*
(S-2B, 8,289)

0.726 (MS-5A, 8,052)
1.09 (MS-5B, 8,053)

_
=_

Fissions/(dip counts/min at 200 hrs) ¢

YAG 39

occ

Decay tank

Ocean surface
Method I
Method I

1.37

2.16

11.76
2.33

2.61
2.46

4.80

3.36
2.51
3.73
4.03
3.23 + 0.39

1.77

2.45
1.55
3.66
2.46
2.90 + 0.61

* No OCC aliquot counted in dip counter; computed from Table B.13 and doghouse /dip average ratio in Table B.15.
+t Tank unacidified and unstirred when sample taken.
} Values in A corrected to 200 hours by average photon-decay factors 2.59, 2.29, 2.61, and 2.40 for Shots Zuni,
Flathead, Navajo, and Tewa, respectively. These decay-curve shapes are practically identical to those shown in
Figure B.14 over this time period.
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